154 CM any stell experts

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Akapennypincher

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I was trying to find some information about the steel Emerson use for it knives. Wikipedia is vague, not much other good info.

What are the good thing about 154 Cm or as I call it Emerson Steel that make it work so well. I did find the Japanese copied it in their own version. Giving it a different name for marketing reasons.
 
Well i would have thought so PHD would have produced a chart show the different steels, and properties. Ying & Yang, or good, bad, hardness, edge retention, another other properties. Rev's ling will not load on DAIL UP.
 
CM154 is an excellent steel, though superseded these days by powder metallurgy steels for edge holding. I find my Emerson and Benchmades in that steel don't hold an edge as well as S30V/S35Vn, VG-10, CTS-XHP. There is a powder version, CPM 154, reputedly tougher than ordinary CM154. I have a BassPro 110 in that steel and think it outperforms CM 154 in terms of edge holdings.
 
Here is a few pics from a quick Google search. Tons more for those willing to look...

 
Have to take any of it with a grain of salt though as there are too many variables from one manufacturer to another. Heat treat, geometry, etc.
 
Akapennypincher said:
I was trying to find some information about the steel Emerson use for it knives. Wikipedia is vague, not much other good info.

What are the good thing about 154 Cm or as I call it Emerson Steel that make it work so well. I did find the Japanese copied it in their own version. Giving it a different name for marketing reasons.
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Akapennypincher said:
Well i would have thought so PHD would have produced a chart show the different steels, and properties. Ying & Yang, or good, bad, hardness, edge retention, another other properties. Rev's ling will not load on DAIL UP.
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Also you didn't ask for a comparison of Emerson steel vs. other steels in your original post.
 
dr_fosg8 said:
Also you didn't ask for a comparison of Emerson steel vs. other steels in your original post.
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Well to be honest I am on the mend working with one hand, the good one is not working, and I even spelled "STEEL" wrong. But we are getting better answers and that or dat is a good thing.

Will be happy when the drain is out of my arm, the antibiotics are done, and I casn return to being normal. LOL


Normal is an interesting state of things. I will thank the VA again this time for saving my good hand & arm.
 
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