Once I dropped mine 5 feet onto brick while on a ladder. Accident. Took a tiny piece off that I reprofiled but I think it weakened it because a few months later I tried prying a door contact (alarms) out and SNAP!
I wonder if the new steel will change this.
What do you mean by this? Is there a steel change in the works for the Northman model? Or do you mean that the Minuteman and Magnus models are in 20CV? If you mean that, then this article shows there should be no measurable performance differences between M390, 20CV, and 204P:
https://knifesteelnerds.com/2020/03/...gy-technology/
Mine is M390. I was wondering if the new 20cv is less brittle or prone to tip breakage, not how it performs with cutting or edge retention. I don’t know, I was just curious.