MKC fails to meet advertised Magnacut hardness?

[ckt3]

Interesting data showing 0 out of 5 MKC Magnacut blades tested met their advertised hardness level of 61-63 HRC (the lowest test result here was 58.7). I believe this means the blades would do great at not snapping, but will be more susceptible to edge rolling and will not have their claimed edge retention (one of the key selling points of Magnacut).

I love Rokslide because of the data-backed discussion on what works (scopes, stocks, bullets, suppressors, etc). Not trying to be an MKC hater, they are a cool American company. But this is not a great look for an expensive knife that’s advertised as an heirloom.

Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/knives/s/tY2bbziJk7
Testing website: https://steelhardnesslab.com/

 

[arlenmyles]

Quality gets lost in the sauce when you scale up too fast and loose sight of what made you good in the first place.

 

[ckt3]

Quality gets lost in the sauce when you scale up too fast and loose sight of what made you good in the first place.

Yea I assume somewhere the heat treat is going bad and they aren’t catching it. Wonder if they’re aware of this test and will try to do anything about. Most consumers probably don’t know or don’t care what the measured HRC is.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

He should spend more money on making sure his knifes meet spec than paying influencers and aids.
He has more influencers than anyone!
Not sure who’s backing him but I have seen enough aids to last me two more lifetimes.

 

[Chickenhawk]

Out of about a dozen guys that I’ve hunted with over the years that all have purchased a knife from them not one of them has been impressed by their knives they have all traded or sold them off and went on to other makes