Spyderco Junction?

[Corpral_Agarn]

Okay so I see this knife on Sale. A Spyderco Juntion:
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/SP...xed-psf27-satin-plain-blade-black-g10-handles

I like small/medium sized fixed blades for working on the ranch and hiking backpacking.

Seems like a good design. The blade is just over 4 inches. About the size I prefer.

I have never heard of the steel, however: PSF27

Does this look like a good general purposed fixed blade?

thanks,

 

[ugaarguy]

I have never heard of the steel, however: PSF27

Per Spyderco, from their info on another knife made from the steel - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=892 :

Spyderco’s nineteenth Mule Team Project installment features PSF27, a tool steel produced using the Spray Forming Process. Spray forming—also known as spray casting or spray deposition—begins by melting an alloy steel in an induction furnace. The molten steel is then poured through a ceramic nozzle and broken up into droplets by an array of gas jets. The droplets are accelerated by the jets to impact onto a collection surface while still in a semi-solid condition. There they build up to form a spray-formed billet, assuming the shape of the substrate surface. The small size and rapid cooling of the droplets minimizes alloy segregation to produce an extremely fine-grained homogenous steel.


PSF27 combines the advantages of the Spray Forming Process with an alloy composition (1.55% carbon, 12.00% chromium, 0.75% molybdenum, 1.00% vanadium) that is basically equivalent to D2 tool steel. The synergy of these alloys and the Spray Forming Process results in a steel that offers increased toughness, wear resistance, crack resistance, and higher hardness. It is also more predictable and dimensionally stable during the heat-treatment process.

Sounds like a pretty good steel to me if you don't need high level corrosion resistance.

Does this look like a good general purposed fixed blade?

Looks like a good neutral handle shape and a good all around use blade shape.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Per Spyderco, from their info on another knife made from the steel - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=892 :

Sounds like a pretty good steel to me if you don't need high level corrosion resistance.


Looks like a good neutral handle shape and a good all around use blade shape.

I guess I could have started with the COMPANY WEBSITE
LOL

I feel like a dope now

 

[jmr40]

I was in Smoky Mt. Knife works about a year ago and they had one at a reduced price. I liked it enough that I bought it. I don't recall the price I paid, but it was in the $120-$130 range. I like it, but wouldn't have paid full price.

My "problem" is that I own too many knives and I've not gotten around to giving this one a good workout. But I think it will serve your purposes very well. It isn't fancy, just very well thought out and utilitarian.

 

[bannockburn]

Corpral_Agarn

I like small/medium sized fixed blades for working on the ranch and hiking backpacking.

Seems like a good design. The blade is just over 4 inches. About the size I prefer.

So do I and for a number of years I used this Gerber A-400 Armorhide knife while camping and hiking. Very handy to have around and very easy and lightweight to carry all day long.

 

[sparkyv]

I have never heard of the steel, however: PSF27.

This steel is a spray formed version of D2, which should be a nice balance between corrosion resistance, hardness/sharpenability, and durability. Will be easier to sharpen with diamond stones. It looks like a fine knife with a decent sheath.

 

[hso]

That junction looks like a good choice.

 

[Citadel99]

I like the looks of this one. Functional question (which I know is a slippery slope as I have high dollar guns and knives): Is there anything in the spec on this knife that is going to be $100 better than a simple Mora knife used for the same purpose?

 

[jmr40]

$100 better depends on your perspective. I've become less enthusiastic about the Mora's than I used to be. They are a very good $15-$20 knife which can be pretty sharp from the factory. But at the end of the day are disposable knives not much different than the Havalon knives with disposable blades. And the more I use them, the less I like the Scandi grind.

I don't think they are worth the full retail price, but at $120-$130 I think it is a good knife. I've come to appreciate a knife that can be razor sharp, and keep that edge for more than a few cuts. Getting a steel that does both usually means a $75+ knife.

 

[joneb]

I've been happy with this, https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CS...ewashed-blade-kray-ex-handle-secure-ex-sheath. The one I have was made in Taiwan and has a blackened blade, I think I paid around $90 for it at Sportsman Warehouse.
I do like the multi position sheath that comes with the Junction. I would prefer to see and hold a knife before I buy, check the sellers return policy.