Wide Release Date for MagnaMax for Small Knifemakers MagnaMax will be on sale May 1st, 2026 at 9am on Niagara Specialty Metals’ online store: https://nsm-ny.com/shop/ You can create an account beforehand so that you are ready to buy once the steel goes live. We made the following commercial to get pumped for the release: Intro I wrote an article (and created a video) about MagnaMax properties a few months ago. So I won’t be rehashing all of the properties here. Basically, MagnaMax is designed to have enhanced wear resistance and edge retention vs MagnaCut with similar corrosion resistance and hardness potential. You will also see in the chart above that MagnaMax offers superior toughness and edge retention to the popular M390 and 20CV. It is very difficult to improve both of these properties at the same time, so this is a big improvement. It also maintains similar toughness to grades CPM-154, S35VN, and Vanax, which were formerly the toughest PM stainless steels prior to MagnaCut. So…
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