What kind of maintenance? I.e. Shop Benchmade Knife Company for a wide selection of high-performance Everyday Carry (EDC), Hunt, Rescue, Tactical, Outdoor, and Survival knives. S90V is an exceptionally hard steel that holds an edge for a very long time. CPM s90v Sharpness: the better steel can hold an edge, the harder to sharpen it, the s90v is very hard steel, so sharpening or grinding won’t be an easy task. I did some research after noticing it would not really work well on whetstone to sharpen, I sharpened it forever! When I have used the 80’s I spend a lot of time on the 100’s. I’m wondering what the best practice would be to maintain the sharp edge with S90V? Debuting in the 2020 Premium Hunt line, SelectEdge™ features a 14° per side, fine edge with additional edge … CPM-S90V. Should I go … Here's a look at the new Benchmade 940-1 after a visit to TheApostleP sharpening bench. CPM s90v Wear Resistance: Excellent Wear Resistance, with 9% of Vanadium, the steel is very hard and durable. I'll also include a little insight as to the steel choice, CPM S90V… The biggest way to keep a good edge is to keep the blade off of bone. I know it’s harder to sharpen but holds an edge longer. I find them too aggressive and 100’s will get a re-profile done. Josh, can you sharpen S90V like normal? No local shops and I'm not playing with expensive blades. Premium American made powdered steel with a uniform micro-structure that provides substantial improvements over other American made steel in wear and corrosion resistance; an excellent high-end steel. Then I really do a lot strokes to work out … Could you get a better edge with a better set up, sure. To be honest, I want M4 for an all blacked out custom Barrage, but I also do not own any S90V blades, so I can be convinced. I normally don’t use 80’s. I recently bought a Benchmade 484-1 Nakamura, with s90v steel. In comparison to Benchmade’s traditional sharpening method, SelectEdge™ is a smoother, and ultimately sharper edge designed to improve cutting performance on products where a fine cut is the primary goal. without a micro bevel. I use the brown sticks on my sharp maker, they put a good working edge on S90V. In comparison to Benchmade's traditional sharpening method, SelectEdge™ is a smoother, and … With a fresh edge the blade just falls through skin and meat. Everyone complains about how hard super steels are to sharpen, but I've got everything from S30V to M390 shaving sharp on a Shaprmaker. 100% chance Benchmade would be the only folks touching the blaxe/action/etc. Then to realize s90v works well with diamond stones but why? I have plenty of sharpening tools, everything from whetstones, diamond sticks, two WorkSharp units including the blade grinding accessory, Japanese waterstones, etc and I sent off my 940-1 to Benchmade to let them take care of it. Personally, I don't think there is a chasm of difference in sharpening between s30v and s90v but the edge retention is significant. What equipment do you guys use for s90v? I recently got a Benchmade 940-1 with S90V steel that I’m using as my EDC. I work in an office and rarely use it for anything other than opening a package sometimes. My other 940's are S30V, can put a hair-popping edge on those, same for my knives in Elmax, … I raise I burr both sides to make sure all is still good.