1095 Steel Poll...

[craytab]

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, because 1095 Cro Van is a made up, proprietary name. It could be 1095 with crow added to it. Its a pretty common practice...giving steels your own name...then they can be anything, and even change along the way.

I think Cold Steel's SK5 or Carbon V was the same way.

So...What else could it be? Anything.

Yup. The question really is do you like whatever it is.

However many companies use sk5, whatever it is.

 

[marcinek]

Yup. The question really is do you like whatever it is.

However many companies use sk5, whatever it is.

The challenge with those proprietary steels is that one batch can be one steel...the next can be another steel.

At least 1095 is always 1095. I'm not saying 1095 Cro Van or SK-5 is bad, or a crapshoot, I'm just saying that one does not know what it is.