There has never been a better time to be a steel nerd. Really cool to have Larrin already have the steel researched and ready. Solid work @Larrin you elevate the community Tremendously.Talked to Frank from @nsm at Bladeshow West about S45VN.I'mma order some Monday and blast the hardness and drop the angles and see what I think about the edge and performance.The microstructure is finer than S35VN and S30V and produces more of the harder (MC type) carbides for it's given volume so it has my attention.Looks like the hardness will pop better too. So it looks like a nice domestic Elmax Killer.Talked to Tim Reeve, good dude, strong head on his shoulders, Chatted with him about the S45VN, he liked it for the ability to get more edge holding without loosing the balance of properties CRK prizes for their wide audience of users. I ask Tim if there was any chance of blasting the HRC for any special models he said nah, they want the ability for people to use a wider range of abrasives to sharpen and don't want to deal with warranty issues of folks complaining about not being able to sharpen.He is still a big fan of s35vn for it's proven tougheness from his customer reports from around the world.My opinion on s45vn, Looks like it will be be a good steel for both production guys, and Custom guys like me that "hot rod" steels.Offers a little more horsepower over s35vn and S30v without significant trade offs and for hot rod guys like me, can get more Stability and Strength over the S30v and S35VN with the smaller Carbides and slightly higher obtainable hardness.We'll see.