Wow! I’ve been watching for years and I’ve never seen any steel do 2000 cuts of your rope. Nice job Spyderco. Thanks for wrecking your arm for us Peter 🔪🎸
AMAZING! My condolences to your arm. Thank you for doing these Pete! Congratulations are deserved to go to Shawn and the Spyderco team for getting these out to us! Love this!
Holy cow! That’s insane! Thanks for continuing to do your thing, Pete. Yes, it’s only one type of testing. But, it’s a consistent test type for comparing a huge number of steels against one another. What you do is extremely valuable and interesting to knife enthusiasts, and I always look forward to your next test video.
When you meet new people and they're like "dang your right arm is huge you must spend alot of time alone".......you say "nah mate I test cut knives" first dude "riiiight" 🤣
Just keep it clean and dry. I don’t see how hard that is to do. Iv not had but 1 blade rust on me. Which was a chef knife made out of some crappy steel
@@trustmeimfromaustria just like everyone knew the edge retention would be insane, and yet we're still here. Pete knows that M4 rusts easily and holds an edge for a long time, and yet he's tested it's rust resistance and edge retention several times on different knives. We know what to expect, but the results of these tests are still interesting, valuable, and fun to watch.
@@knifeaddict1014 I came to the conclusion that it just really matters where you live. At the sea you def want stainless with all the salt in the air. Away from the sea, enjoy toolsteel. But honestly, i wouldnt mind only having Magnacut for the rest of my live. Which does both.
It is a very impressive result but not once, not even at the beginning, was I surprised! I am still chewing away at the factory edge! Rarely have I had a knife where I was more curious about what the factory edge will do vs how it sharpens!
Holy shit man. Not sure if I'm more impressed by the steel or your tenacity with testing. I wasn't sure what to expect performance-wise, but it sure as shit did not disappoint. Kudos on the undertaking
Grrr, thought I was done buying knives, after several I landed on my maxamet pm2 mainly because it cuts a lot of cardboard at work without sharpening. But NOW I want one of these and their a stupid stupid sprint run lol. Anyway, love your rope test
@@The4cp I tried using it for some rough work where I had to apply a lot of force. The edges of the handle are not kind to my hands. Could be an aging/arthritis thing. Prefer the handle of my Microtech SOCOM Elite. Great blade on the PM2
I'm so proud of BBBs work coming to customers through Spyderco. He's worked so hard for enthusiasts. I've followed him and you for years. Great work both of you!
Great video... I filmed 850 feet of cardboard as a cut test... and QUIT.. It felt like that tootsie roll commercial. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll lolly pop? I love the steel, easy to sharpen \ de-burr, holds an edge for a ridiculous time, takes a hair popping edge. I hope 15v becomes a standard Spyderco offering and not a one off. Thanks for the video! : )
This is Dan from Husk knives, based on your testing our new ad campaign will recommend customers just buy 100 knives to match that edge retention of that meh Spyderho.
Magnacut has been dethroned for edge retention it seems..... 15 V needs a propper heat treatment or it will fare as well as all the half baked steel out there. With that being said will Spyderco put this steel into mass production? Thanks Pete for all you do.
I think BBB has nailed the heat treatment as attested to Spyderco’s giving him the responsibility to insure their production follows his exact HT recipe. That tells me that BBB has Spyderco’s full support and confidence in producing the best 15v possibles in a mass production line!
That’s insane! One can argue if they’re an Amazon package warrior, that this knife would only have to be touched up a few times in its entire life. Also, in the last video, you said “ZEE”DP-189 as opposed to “ZED”DP-189. Are you getting “Americanized”??? 🤣
As a long time knife and especially steel enthusiasts I appreciate the rope test. You know cutting cardboards finding all? But you know sometimes they go with the corrugated part and then sometimes they go through the corrugated part so I don't think it's as consistent. As your rope test appreciate your Cedric!
I was under the impression 15v was analogous to something like Maxamet. But after seeing the edge on the macro after that much cutting it is clear to me that 15v is in a whole new class entirely
I've just bought this knife, second hand but new. I've just put my own edge on it and was a little surprised at how easily it sharpened. Did you find it easy to sharpen?
The only thing about spyderco is why pick something that looks just like one of the most annoying bugs out of the woodlands - a tick - for a brand image?
Lmao!!! I so almost hit u with a comment saying ur barn door's opened, don't let the hog out. But I felt bad. I guess some of the others didn't have that same feeling. It's all fun tho hopefully no one was too brutal. Also, I couldn't wait for the follow-up to the factory edge test so I'm gonna go finish watching now✌️ and happy to see ur return!
Great workout. A steel hard to beat for sure. I think you could do even better with your sharpening if you used water with a drop of dish soap in it on your stones. Sure makes a huge difference on Venev diamond.
Did anyone else catch that Slysz Bowie just casually hanging out by the sharpener?...a veritable grail for any collection is "just another knife for Pete" 😂
Honestly removing (or just moving) the clip on a test like this would probably help with the hand fatigue. One of the main reasons I started doing tip up carry is it puts the clip in a natural follow of the hand and not right where I'm trying to grip tightly.
After the initial drops, there were/are plenty on the facebook/reddit/forums selling for about the same price as the street price - they made a decent amount of PM2s and Shamen
I did notice the fly thing, thought you were easing the other tattoo. Thank you and your arm for doing this cut test. The testers that I’m aware of Tom, Gerald, Michael christy, and super steve seem to have taken breaks. Gabe’s testing is different in nature, and Stassa’s is more qualitative. If I missed someone please feel free to respond.
I feel bad cause Pete’s never gonna want to use this steel because of the horrid bone cracking pain he has endured for the sake of this channel. Thank you for all the cut tests good sir!
Larrin's chart is just one protocol for each steel and the protocol he chose. Their are many ways and protocols to heat treat steel. So his chart can be misleading. Especially when mass manufactures do not use the same protocols he does. And most mass manufactures use different protocols than each other for the same steel names. Most mass manufactures don't care about doing anything better. They dont care about you, they just want to sell product in mass to make money. Triple B said, let me find a company that cares and make them care even more. Use a custom protocol for mass production (even if its on a small batch or two). Also rope, catra, cardboard testing can differ.
@@tacticalcenter8658 Misleading if you do not understand the chart. He mentions in the article that test results will be different based on grit, edge geometry, angle of sharpening, and thickness behind the edge. "Protocols" are not universal. Take the various tests at face value, unless using a tight scientific scrutiny as Knife Steel Nerds facilitate. His chart showed the cutting results for many steels and also their HRC, but not how the were heat treated.
What stones are you using and what’s your progression? I’m having a really hard time removing the burr which is leading to a wire edge that breaks off, leaving an undesirable, blunt ragged edge. I’m using a guided system with 140, 400, 600 and 1200 atoma diamond plates, then stropping with 1 micron diamond paste.
What worked for me was going through several different strops. I really worked it on a 5 micron paste, then a 2.5 micron paste, both not diamonds because that’s all I have at the moment, then a 1 micron diamond spray. But try several small steps for the strops. I couldn’t just jump from a 1200 grit atoma plate to a 1 micron diamond strop. Ideally, if you have a few diamond sprays that are larger than 1 micron and you progress down, you should be fine. Also, all my stropping was done freehand. Good luck.@@grantgregory7618
Thank you for the pain that you go through for us! So much appreciated! ❤
Wallet pain?
15V to the MAX, 12 or even 10dps next please. ;D
Your hands surely cant wait.
Wow! I’ve been watching for years and I’ve never seen any steel do 2000 cuts of your rope. Nice job Spyderco. Thanks for wrecking your arm for us Peter 🔪🎸
AMAZING! My condolences to your arm. Thank you for doing these Pete! Congratulations are deserved to go to Shawn and the Spyderco team for getting these out to us! Love this!
shawn is a real hero of knife enthusiasts
Maxamet has been Dethroned! Good work Pete this is an astronomical result! BBB and spyderco really knocked it out of the park!
Make 15v a production run plz！！！😂
Holy cow! That’s insane! Thanks for continuing to do your thing, Pete. Yes, it’s only one type of testing. But, it’s a consistent test type for comparing a huge number of steels against one another. What you do is extremely valuable and interesting to knife enthusiasts, and I always look forward to your next test video.
2000 is a lot no matter how you slice it.
I'll see myself out.
You could use the chopped up fiber to create knife handles, id love to watch a video of you working with Resin
Great idea tbh
When you meet new people and they're like "dang your right arm is huge you must spend alot of time alone".......you say "nah mate I test cut knives" first dude "riiiight" 🤣
Rust test time! That one's gonna hurt 😬
Just keep it clean and dry. I don’t see how hard that is to do. Iv not had but 1 blade rust on me. Which was a chef knife made out of some crappy steel
seems pointless since everybody knows that this steel will rust if not taken care of.
@@trustmeimfromaustria just like everyone knew the edge retention would be insane, and yet we're still here. Pete knows that M4 rusts easily and holds an edge for a long time, and yet he's tested it's rust resistance and edge retention several times on different knives.
We know what to expect, but the results of these tests are still interesting, valuable, and fun to watch.
@@knifeaddict1014 I came to the conclusion that it just really matters where you live.
At the sea you def want stainless with all the salt in the air.
Away from the sea, enjoy toolsteel.
But honestly, i wouldnt mind only having Magnacut for the rest of my live. Which does both.
@@trustmeimfromaustria theres really a lot of people who know nothing about it.
You need to develop a robotic arm for future use.
Bricky looks fab with a custom toupee.
yeah! takes a hell of a steel to unintentionally trump-ify Bricky.
Bricky’s fly is also open and he has a hard on. What too soon?
Looks great as a blonde
It is a very impressive result but not once, not even at the beginning, was I surprised! I am still chewing away at the factory edge! Rarely have I had a knife where I was more curious about what the factory edge will do vs how it sharpens!
Holy shit man. Not sure if I'm more impressed by the steel or your tenacity with testing. I wasn't sure what to expect performance-wise, but it sure as shit did not disappoint. Kudos on the undertaking
Grrr, thought I was done buying knives, after several I landed on my maxamet pm2 mainly because it cuts a lot of cardboard at work without sharpening. But NOW I want one of these and their a stupid stupid sprint run lol. Anyway, love your rope test
Wow you literally put blood sweat and tears into these videos. We appreciate you more then you know. Thanks Pete. Love the content.
AHH! You scared me...
This is nuts. Thank you for your service.
Way cool. You'll have to add that cutting test to your chart! Impressive, especially with the handle of the PM 2.
It's the 2nd best handle for me lol
@@The4cp I tried using it for some rough work where I had to apply a lot of force. The edges of the handle are not kind to my hands. Could be an aging/arthritis thing. Prefer the handle of my Microtech SOCOM Elite.
Great blade on the PM2
I'm so proud of BBBs work coming to customers through Spyderco. He's worked so hard for enthusiasts. I've followed him and you for years. Great work both of you!
The intro of his Police 4 K390 video is pure gold !
thank you for destroying your arm for us
I have just received my mule team in 15v, now i just need to order a ball of twine...
Great video... I filmed 850 feet of cardboard as a cut test... and QUIT.. It felt like that tootsie roll commercial. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll lolly pop?
I love the steel, easy to sharpen \ de-burr, holds an edge for a ridiculous time, takes a hair popping edge. I hope 15v becomes a standard Spyderco offering and not a one off. Thanks for the video! : )
Were will it end. That’s absolutely incredible.
This is Dan from Husk knives, based on your testing our new ad campaign will recommend customers just buy 100 knives to match that edge retention of that meh Spyderho.
Jokes aside you have me more excited about my 15v paramilitary. Thank you for the video Pete and may your hands enjoy a relaxing weekend.
I bet that it would take 200 of those garbage Husk knives to equal the cutting ability of the 15v.
Especially, with BBB's heat treatment...
@@jeffersonhenn1086 How many Edsels are equal to a Cadillac?
Thanks for all your hard work Pete!!! You’re by far my favourite knife-tuber…
Magnacut has been dethroned for edge retention it seems.....
15 V needs a propper heat treatment or it will fare as well as all the half baked steel out there.
With that being said will Spyderco put this steel into mass production?
Thanks Pete for all you do.
I think BBB has nailed the heat treatment as attested to Spyderco’s giving him the responsibility to insure their production follows his exact HT recipe. That tells me that BBB has Spyderco’s full support and confidence in producing the best 15v possibles in a mass production line!
@@quaxenleaf one day I will own a piece of that steel 😄 hopefully sooner than later.
Thank you for your sacrifice. Incredible steel! I hope to get my hands on the Mule in 15v next week
The older I get the more my hands hurt doing knife stuff, especially sharpening. Thanks, Pete. Welcome to age
That’s insane! One can argue if they’re an Amazon package warrior, that this knife would only have to be touched up a few times in its entire life. Also, in the last video, you said “ZEE”DP-189 as opposed to “ZED”DP-189. Are you getting “Americanized”??? 🤣
As a long time knife and especially steel enthusiasts I appreciate the rope test. You know cutting cardboards finding all? But you know sometimes they go with the corrugated part and then sometimes they go through the corrugated part so I don't think it's as consistent. As your rope test appreciate your Cedric!
UNLEASH THIS TO THE MAXXXXXX!!!!!!!! Bring it back baby!!!!!
I was under the impression 15v was analogous to something like Maxamet. But after seeing the edge on the macro after that much cutting it is clear to me that 15v is in a whole new class entirely
😱😱😱😱now that thing can cut👍way 2 go Shawn and Spyderco 👏👌 Thanks for the vid Pete, that was marathon 😅
Awesome test, could you do another short video of how it strops back afyer all that cutting?
This makes me feel even better about my Shaman 15V :D
Another great video. Thank you for all of your hard work.
I've just bought this knife, second hand but new. I've just put my own edge on it and was a little surprised at how easily it sharpened. Did you find it easy to sharpen?
Thank you for your dedication. Now I need to buy another PM2….
Well, now that you've reached the pinnacle of edge retention, you'll have to start making Dickhead Survival videos again.
as good as the Sandrin? or better
15V on my list now, thank you. By the way, 16:55 I didn't know Bricky was blond, I thought he was bald.
Awesome steel! Pretty good stamina yourself too. Thanks.
Is your test protocol the same as when you tested maxamet? Is it really 4x better than maxamet? I have a pm2 in 15v on the way now, very excited.
Looking pretty thin, Pete. Maybe you should cut up some steaks and potatoes with your knives when you get the chance. 😊
The only thing about spyderco is why pick something that looks just like one of the most annoying bugs out of the woodlands - a tick - for a brand image?
Too bad 15V so hard to get. Great test and video Pete.
Sal said if there's enough interest it'll make it to production. I'd say there's interest!
Fantastico! I guess its 15v vs maxamet next, Gabe edge of course
I was, indeed, surprised.
No clickbait here.
Wonder how prevalent this steel will be
Lmao!!! I so almost hit u with a comment saying ur barn door's opened, don't let the hog out. But I felt bad. I guess some of the others didn't have that same feeling. It's all fun tho hopefully no one was too brutal. Also, I couldn't wait for the follow-up to the factory edge test so I'm gonna go finish watching now✌️ and happy to see ur return!
Great stuff Pete, Thanks for doing the work, but fire your sound engineer!
Zip ties and some cardboard are about all I cut that would challenge any edge. This test is amazing.
rex 121 would be nice, the last one is 5 years ago!!
Pretty cool!!! Unbelievable results indeed
I think 15V just prefers to be stropped by slicing paper.
What music is that? Dang that’s harsh. You work hard for the money.
Hello what sharpener do you use ? Or if anyone else in the comments can comment on this that would be great thank you !
You need to come up with a test jig that hold the knife for you or something. Your going to end up with carpal tunnel.
Great workout. A steel hard to beat for sure. I think you could do even better with your sharpening if you used water with a drop of dish soap in it on your stones. Sure makes a huge difference on Venev diamond.
I agree completely. Haven’t tried the soapy water yet! Thanks!
What if you used Ballistol or something like that instead?
I’d like to see this done with the knife steels but maybe widilling wood. That would tell edge retention.
This test led to a pm2, manix 2 and shaman in 15V in my collection 😂
Oh darn. I missed it. Could you repeat that test please?
This was great Pete thank you for all your efforts 😊
That’s an amazing effort, thanks Pete. It looks like an awesome steel.
Hey Cedric, thanks for the video, now we need to know about corrosion resistance, can you do a test ?
Bricky looks like Boris Johnson!
Wow! Thanks Pete. I knew it would be good but had no idea it would beat Maxamet & Rex 121... !
Can you tell me the name of that sharpener and how much it is and what you think of it my friend.
i will fight any bro that disses on Spyderco
There is nothing more satisfying than an uneven USA factory grind and nonsensical ricasso, its really what you pay for
@@LB-np5zv TBH there has been weird things coming from the japanese factory too
haha should have just drug the rope around outside for a bit at mid way throught the test to save yourself the grief
Did anyone else catch that Slysz Bowie just casually hanging out by the sharpener?...a veritable grail for any collection is "just another knife for Pete" 😂
Have you not seen the Slysz Bowie vs dustbin video? 😂
Honestly removing (or just moving) the clip on a test like this would probably help with the hand fatigue. One of the main reasons I started doing tip up carry is it puts the clip in a natural follow of the hand and not right where I'm trying to grip tightly.
Cpm 15V vs Maxamet!!!!! Bricky said so. 🤔🤣
Am i the only one who finds sharpening knives is meditating?
I sincerely hope you do not end up with serious carpal tunnel, or any other physical issues from your knife activities. Good Job!
WOW! Now do test again with Gabes edge...
that drop of the jnife into his lap though... 😂
Now the hard part: actually getting one of these
After the initial drops, there were/are plenty on the facebook/reddit/forums selling for about the same price as the street price - they made a decent amount of PM2s and Shamen
I’ll sell you one lol
Hi can u give me the stone progressions and then strop ones for this video?
How many sisals died in the making of this video?
I did notice the fly thing, thought you were easing the other tattoo. Thank you and your arm for doing this cut test. The testers that I’m aware of Tom, Gerald, Michael christy, and super steve seem to have taken breaks. Gabe’s testing is different in nature, and Stassa’s is more qualitative. If I missed someone please feel free to respond.
Makes me happy I picked up a shaman in this steel.
Have you tried clean the edge, and paper test it again?
When I was looking for a knife with good edge retention or rust resistance. I mostly go off your reviews. Thanks for this test. 👍🏼
What sharpener do you recomend?
Pete gives the people what they want !!
I feel bad cause Pete’s never gonna want to use this steel because of the horrid bone cracking pain he has endured for the sake of this channel. Thank you for all the cut tests good sir!
Bringing the angle to 15dps will max it
Wish I could get one of these.
Great steel! Thanks for your effort, Pete!
Laren might want to update his 15V stat for edge retention.
But remember all steels were tested at 400 grit to be equal.
Larrin's chart is just one protocol for each steel and the protocol he chose. Their are many ways and protocols to heat treat steel. So his chart can be misleading. Especially when mass manufactures do not use the same protocols he does. And most mass manufactures use different protocols than each other for the same steel names.
Most mass manufactures don't care about doing anything better. They dont care about you, they just want to sell product in mass to make money.
Triple B said, let me find a company that cares and make them care even more. Use a custom protocol for mass production (even if its on a small batch or two).
Also rope, catra, cardboard testing can differ.
@@tacticalcenter8658 well said.
@@tacticalcenter8658 Misleading if you do not understand the chart. He mentions in the article that test results will be different based on grit, edge geometry, angle of sharpening, and thickness behind the edge. "Protocols" are not universal. Take the various tests at face value, unless using a tight scientific scrutiny as Knife Steel Nerds facilitate. His chart showed the cutting results for many steels and also their HRC, but not how the were heat treated.
@@D00MTR33 Well said, and it makes sense if you do not think about it.
💪🏻👏🏻❤
Nice to see the Huusk get a cameo too.
Thanks Pete for showing us this steel and your torture test.
Damn! That's pretty incredible!
I love these videos. I appreciate all your hard work!
Definitely noticed the fly...🤫
What stones are you using and what’s your progression? I’m having a really hard time removing the burr which is leading to a wire edge that breaks off, leaving an undesirable, blunt ragged edge. I’m using a guided system with 140, 400, 600 and 1200 atoma diamond plates, then stropping with 1 micron diamond paste.
I'm having the same issue with a similar setup
What worked for me was going through several different strops. I really worked it on a 5 micron paste, then a 2.5 micron paste, both not diamonds because that’s all I have at the moment, then a 1 micron diamond spray. But try several small steps for the strops. I couldn’t just jump from a 1200 grit atoma plate to a 1 micron diamond strop. Ideally, if you have a few diamond sprays that are larger than 1 micron and you progress down, you should be fine. Also, all my stropping was done freehand. Good luck.@@grantgregory7618
Amazing. I’ve been carrying mine since I got it and love it.