Join us for a candid conversation with the amazing Larrin Thomas, the undisputed Knife Steel Nerd! We cover everything from his origins in the knife world to his journey with CPM MagnaCut! knifesteelnerds.com/
Independent testing has born out the remarkable balance of Magnacut traits. I remember when S30V was released, and how it took market share from 154CM/ATS-34, and D2 as the go-to premium blade steels. It isnt a stretch to predict that Magnacut is poised to wrestle share from many favored knife steels, in at least as large a manner as did S30V ... limited right now mostly by Crucible's ability to produce it in volume (and not limited e.g. by its machinability or difficulty in heat treating). Bravo.
Great interview! Very informative and interesting. Larrin Thomas has certainly made huge contributions to the steel and knife industry and community, and he is so young!! Just think how much he can still contribute in his lifetime!
Dear interviewer, your job is to ask questions that will give as much room as possible for the interviewee to answer. That’s what I’m here for, I couldn’t care less if you agree or not, I don’t even know who you are. Let Larrin speak
As a knife collector since the 70's as a child into becoming a knife maker in the early 2000's its amazing to see how far the art has come. I used to make knives With Devin Thomas steels (him and Chad Nichols). Its amazing to see Larrin become so passionate and to take this whole thing into the future. In the 70's 80's and 90's we really didn't have info like this at our finger tips. It was word of mouth and books (which were rare). This is gold for knife makers today and in the future.
Congrats Larrin. Great job inventing Magnacut. I love it and your book. I've learned so much from it. We are lucky to have someone in this industry like you. Thank You.
Larrin Thomas thank you so much for all your hard work! Its greatly appreciated by many and you‘re as important if not more important to the knifeworld than many influencers, youtubers and sorts.
Excellent information. What a humble and knowledgeable guy is Larrin. He deserves to do well in his career. I've learnt heaps just from this one conversation. Thank guys. Well done!
I have heard MagnaCut described as "it is tougher than M4 and better edge retention than 3V". How great would it be if those two comparisons where switched? If it was tougher than 3V and better edge retention than M4, that would make it the best steel ever made.
The REALLY nice thing about Magnacut is that, unlike when S30V was 1st produced, which actually took heat treaters awhile to figure it out, & was a bit finicky about heat treat. Magnacut seems to have avoided those growing pains. It also seems less chippy than S30V - S125v steels as well. Magnacut's a nice complement (& bump in stainlessness) to CPM-Cruwear, which is loved by so many. Should be a real winner. I would LOVE this in my Leatherman. AND...A big THX & shoutout to Crucible. Thanks guys. 🙏
You hear a lot about some steels being hard to sharpen. My convex edge Cru Wear and Magnacut knives respond nicely to stropping. Since I don't chop down trees with them I doubt I will ever need much more. Marvelous interview BTW!
Have a Devin Thomas Gyuto in my regular work rotation, and a Creely mako in magnacut on order. Didn't realize Larrin is Devin's son untill I watched this video. Masters of their Craft.
Great information. Nice breaking out the Chris Reeve representing Idaho! Another impressive steel, based on your toughness chart, is good 'ole 420HC. I know it's not cool to say that because it's not the new "super" flavor of the year. But another one of our Idaho knife companies, Buck, knows how to heat treat it. And it shows because the destruction tests on the Nighthawk and 119 are very impressive. In addition, Buck's 420HC is easy to sharpen, tough and makes for a great water knife. I am interested in Magnacut though and have been looking at Ontario's new SPL Pack Knife in Magnacut. But I will never get rid of my Buck 650 and 655 Nightwawk's.
Knowledge often depends on what you have focused on. He might know some on specific fields, but you likely know more than him on others. Knowledge is no definition on intelligence, just to mention that in this context.
my favorite knife of all time is the kershaw 1775 OD-1 lee williams design kickstop flipper mayo collaborated the blade design in 14c28n. I got it in 2009 for $60 and it is shaving sharp. i have some nice knives but that one is my favorite. I don’t like liner locks but in this case I make an exception.
When you're interviewing someone, try not to constantly interject with "yes, exactly", "I agree", "yeah totally", "yup" and other filler phrases every 5 seconds. You don't need to fill the dead air, the guy is talking just fine on his own, and it's annoing for both the interviewee and the listener when you do it.
Wait, Larrin Thomas is a fellow Yinzers? I saw he did the Mr. Rogers spoof (nice btw, St. Fred of Latrobe was a good choice) but didn't know he was a three-rivers guy.
CPM M4 for oversized chopper, 1084 and 15N20 to hang on the wall, CPM 154 in the pocket CPM3V fighter in the truck, elmax on the belt 5160 in muh sword... shall I go on 🤣
@@housevollmer9106 no, please stop. Just get magnacut on everything and call it a day 👌 I think everyone else can just go home. It's over. Larrin won 👏
I'm just learning about steel, I want to make my own knife. My own design. I wonder how long it will take to get a piece of this new stuff just for stock removal... no real forging, what heat treatment would be involved 🤔
Sending it off unless you have 2-3k to spend on equipment, a lot of heat treat companies, and knife makers will do a custom heat treat for you... id get 1080 or 1084 or O1 to learn on, if I were you... there’s tons of info and they’re very available and affordable and make incredible knives, even custom makers make their Damascus with 1080 and 1084
@@housevollmer9106 you are 100% correct. Someone new to making knives needs a simple steel to work with. You’re first knife is going to be complete junk. Your second knife will also be somewhat awful. It takes time and practice. Get some 1084 and get the heat treat down on it. Once you understand grinding and are proficient at it, then Maybe try a super steel and send it off to be heat treated so it’s done perfectly.
@@KimballPrecisionRifles people buy them all the time with Stanley and Milwaukee names on them, why not? Especially if they can last 10x as long, does that marketing sound familiar?
@@jaredappleseed7037 thing is, they won’t last ten times as long, but they will cost 10x as much if you think they’ll make them with magnacut. And those are brands that already make utility knives. They make construction tools, not edc knives.
@@drunknnirish I have a Benchmade Bugout 535BK-4 with M390. I'm extremely unimpressed with Benchmade and the heat treat on this knife. They claim 58/61 HRC but I'm guessing mine doesn't even hit 58.
@@talisikid1618 and nothing. I like carbon steel. But I’m old enough to remember when most stainless knives were hit and miss when it came to proper temper.
Awesome but could you please make a knife with a modern lock Mechanism like case and buck instead of that nasty Porsche side lock measurements sucks God-bless you and everyone
I’m a big fan of m390 but after this man scientifically breaking everything down I really understand what he’s talking about. I went ahead and ordered my first magnacut, coming soon🫢
