154cm

I have no problems with the seemingly never-ending "super steel" arms race, except for the implied inferiority of the older steels that usually comes from the marketing shills. Emerson's use of an established steel with predictable qualities makes perfect sense.
 
stabman said:
154CM is a great all-around steel...many of my knives are in that steel. :)
For what CPM3V might give, for me it would be that extra toughness if I want to use it for cross-grain batonning for things like shelter building:







Now that was a blade in S30V steel, but thicker than what Emerson uses. The Emerson blades should hold up to such things fine as well, but in CPM3V I'd feel even more sanguine about such uses.

Some offerings in whatever the USA made equivalent of H1 would be great for people always around the sea. :)

I would see the idea being that 154CM remained the base steel for all the models, with some other steels as options for those for want them for some specific reason. Limited production, as what's being used thus far works just fine for most things.
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Nice, but I'll switch to my tglb for that!
 
Aias said:
Nice, but I'll switch to my tglb for that!
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Agreed. :)
That day I just wanted to see if the sort of knife I EDC would work for such things, and it did.
I should have had bug repellant too though...counted 120 mosquito bites. :eek:
 
WRGreen said:
I have no problems with the seemingly never-ending "super steel" arms race, except for the implied inferiority of the older steels that usually comes from the marketing shills. Emerson's use of an established steel with predictable qualities makes perfect sense.
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100% in agreement, with emphasis on implied inferiority.
 
Ernest, aka Ernie Emerson explains why all his knives are 154 CM in a tube from shot show. Man is seling knive to people who use em, and use em hard.


154 CM must do the trick as EKI sells lots of knives.
 
It seems to me, after owning them, that 154 cm is very similar to the AUS 8 that Cold Steel uses, and good old 440 stainless. That is it's just a bit softer than ATS 34 or some of the hard carbon steels. It's easier to sharpen while still doing a good job holding an edge.
 
If you did that with one of Mr. E's zero ground chisel grind blades, you wouldn't have a foot left. Brings a new meaning to "Emerson sharp." Glad you're okay. Heal well.

newknif said:
I was absentmindedly opening and closing my Super about two weeks ago. I was reading something and my foot was dangling off the side of the bed. I had an itch on the top of my foot suddenly and withou thinking reached down with the open Super to scratch it.

It worked at first and then all I felt was hot burn baby. I put my foot up on the bed to inspect and beheld a most gruesome sight. Let me just say that it didnt bleed all that much. I was able to flap it closed and line the seam up well. Had that been one of the kids with that kind of wound I would have been at the ER in a jiffy. But it was just me.

I super glued that bad boy closed and I'll have a really cool assanine scar to remind myself to pay attention when messing with an Emerson. That steel is wicked evil sharp! The thing is, it's been used before this and never sharpened and it is still surgical sharp.
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Are there any other knife makers using 154 exclusively? Where does it rate among all the others?
 
I have both the recon 1 and Emerson's 154cm, and I can say that the latter holds an edge better; I have no "scientific" proof, just my observations when both are used for daily tasks. CS's aus8a is good; Emerson's 154cm is better... Or at least preferable, based on my experiences with both.
 
I've honestly found the 154CM to hold up to regular use quite well.
My CQC-12 has actually had quite a lot of use, and I don't have to sharpen it all the time.
I do have to sharpen it more often than, say, the S30V on my SmF, but it seems to hold an edge similar to my S30V Umnumzaan (run a tad softer than the Strider heat treat).
 
Back in the day, my Dad carried a Case pocket knife and he never talked about the steel. He just kept that blade sharp. Works for me.
Thanks, Dad.
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I've always loved Emerson's 154CM. It was my first Commander (2003 model if I remember?) that I put to the test that sold me on Emerson's standing up to the saying of hard use knives. I took that knife to the beach, camping, light chopping, batoning, fishing, an almost self-defense situation, etc... That knife was used until it dulled and I put a full V edge on it and it's been great ever since. I have it put away now so my newer EDC's can put up with me but that Commander was and still is an awesome knife.

154CM is my favorite blade steel next to S30V as I can't even tell the difference. I recently picked up a CQC-8 and I'm looking forward to getting some stories out of it :D
 
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