Hardness Results. 3-30-2026. Signs of improvement? New Project?

Hardness Results from 3-27 and 3-30

Verified on a variety of hardness blocks, lol

*CLONE* Beketen Overlord Dinosaur “M390” 59.2 HRC

CRKT SPEW 5Cr15MoV 57.1 HRC

*CLONE* BM Hidden Canyon Unknown Steel 57.0 HRC

Tactis Strike 14C28N 58.8 HRC

QSP Penguin CPM-S90V 59.5 HRC

Olitans Lemon Shark 10Cr15MoV 60.1 HRC

Poikilo Blade CK-Casque M398 62.0 HRC

Poikilo Blade Gecko M398 60.5 HRC

Vosteed Psyop Elmax 60.4 HRC

The Title is in reference to the Poikilo Blade models. The Gecko M398 was originally advertised at 60-61 HRC. After receiving feedback from the community, Poikilo decided to up that range to 61-62 HRC. And clearly they were able to do so. I am making this comment to highlight that a lot of companies are willing to listen to feedback, and make improvements. Through my project, I’m hopijg that I can influence companies to continue listening to the feedback from the knife community as a whole. I see this as a win/win for the community as well as the manufacturers.

I have a batch of 14 higher end blades coming this week, so expect to see at least 1 more post from me this week.

In other news, I am working with a smaller company on designing my own knife. This is something I’ve always wanted to do, and the company in question was ecstatic to hear me ask them in particular. My first design will be pretty inoffensive and straight forward in some ways. Still working out the details, but there are a ton of features I am planning on implementing. I basically took my favorite knives and tweaked them to my liking. I decided to do this, because I do need help funding this project. I want to keep the testing cost as low as I can, so that I can offer the service to anyone who wants it. That low cost is subject to change, as I get busier and busier. Having a model I designed and am making some profit off of will help to offset the projects upkeep costs a bit. I do not expect yall to buy them by any means. But it would be a way of supporting my project if anyone is interested. More details to come, of course. As always, thank you guys for your continued support and patience with my work. It’s been an awesome 4 months so far! 🫶