Great vid. I got a question for you about your Manix 2 Maxamet. You mentioned you were not satisfied with this knife, and wished the Manix 2 blade was thinner because you are not satisfied with the performance of the Maxamet at 18 degrees. Do you think this knife in particular is not a good use of the Maxamet blade steel? If so, what would be a better Spyderco knife in Maxamet, a PM2? Do you think there is a steel that is better suited to the Manix 2 blade's thickness, maybe S90V or Rex 45?
Thanks! It’s not a specific issue with Maxamet just all manix 2s come with thick geometry behind the edge. Not necessarily even the edge angle. Currently I love the Maxamet and the knife but still wish they had ground it thinner
You clearly know what bevel degree you are sharpening. Are you using a guided system to sharpen? I sharpen free hand and I don't know really what my angle is. I do use a Sharpmaker to see where I am generally . . . but that only tells me 15° or 20°. I just estimate from there. But I sure wish I knew how to measure a precise angle of the bevel.
I’ve used angle cubes, wedges and matched previous angle from a system enough to develop muscle memory. I can roughly tell what an angle feels like. Something you have to keep up though to stay reasonably accurate
Goniometer on Amazon is 38 bucks. Laser hits the apex and reflects off the bevel and puts the reflection on a round tube marked with the angle. There is a video of a guy using a cat torture laser and a home made angle gauge.
In my time of experimenting with convex edges I basically determined that I personally didn’t like them for a handful of reasons. I mostly skip over them in terms of discussion points because it would open a can of worms and deserves its own video. Maybe I’ll make one!
@@EngineersPerspective701 Well, fair enough. The issue has long been debated in the bushcraft world and they certainly can be a pain in the ass to do properly. I would like to hear your perspective in a video though at some point.
Thanks for explaining. Great tutorial on this subject.
Appreciate the comment!
Great vid. I got a question for you about your Manix 2 Maxamet. You mentioned you were not satisfied with this knife, and wished the Manix 2 blade was thinner because you are not satisfied with the performance of the Maxamet at 18 degrees. Do you think this knife in particular is not a good use of the Maxamet blade steel? If so, what would be a better Spyderco knife in Maxamet, a PM2? Do you think there is a steel that is better suited to the Manix 2 blade's thickness, maybe S90V or Rex 45?
Thanks!
It’s not a specific issue with Maxamet just all manix 2s come with thick geometry behind the edge. Not necessarily even the edge angle.
Currently I love the Maxamet and the knife but still wish they had ground it thinner
You clearly know what bevel degree you are sharpening. Are you using a guided system to sharpen? I sharpen free hand and I don't know really what my angle is. I do use a Sharpmaker to see where I am generally . . . but that only tells me 15° or 20°. I just estimate from there. But I sure wish I knew how to measure a precise angle of the bevel.
I’ve used angle cubes, wedges and matched previous angle from a system enough to develop muscle memory. I can roughly tell what an angle feels like. Something you have to keep up though to stay reasonably accurate
Goniometer on Amazon is 38 bucks. Laser hits the apex and reflects off the bevel and puts the reflection on a round tube marked with the angle. There is a video of a guy using a cat torture laser and a home made angle gauge.
One thing I have noted is that you don't cover the variables and benefits of convexing very much, curious as to why?
In my time of experimenting with convex edges I basically determined that I personally didn’t like them for a handful of reasons. I mostly skip over them in terms of discussion points because it would open a can of worms and deserves its own video. Maybe I’ll make one!
@@EngineersPerspective701 Well, fair enough. The issue has long been debated in the bushcraft world and they certainly can be a pain in the ass to do properly. I would like to hear your perspective in a video though at some point.