Advantage of "Non Stainless" Steels?

eveled said:
If stainless has made such great advances and is now equal to high carbon steel. Why aren’t tools made from stainless steel?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stainless steel hammer wrench or chisel. I’ve never seen a stainless steel anvil.
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And yet you have seen stainless steel knives. Something is not adding up
 
eveled said:
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stainless steel hammer wrench or chisel.
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DocJD said:
Still never seen either in person .

8oz "framing hammer" ? :rolleyes:
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I figured they existed somewhere, but I still wonder why stainless isn’t seen in the tool box more often. Knives seem to be about 50%? Stainless. Stainless knives aren’t more expensive than carbon steel.

Stainless is used extensively for firearms. They usually cost more than their steel counterparts. Even though the finish is cheaper and easier with stainless over blued steel.

Now I’m wondering why do I like carbon steel knives more than stainless?

I just do.
 
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eveled said:
I figured they existed somewhere, but I still wonder why stainless isn’t seen in the tool box more often. Knives seem to be about 50%? Stainless. Stainless knives aren’t more expensive than carbon steel.
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The cheapest stainless steels are still worlds apart from the highest end , in both cost and performance as a tool .
 
eveled said:
Stainless is used extensively for firearms. They usually cost more than their steel counterparts. Even though the finish is cheaper and easier with stainless over blued steel.
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One thing ya gotta watch with SS guns is attack by chlorides (like table salt, sodium chloride, or chlorine bleach), particularly when used around saltwater or even sweat. Many stainless steels are very susceptible to pitting by salt, more so even than non-stainless carbon steels. If you leave a stainless gun in the corner of a closet, you also need to watch out for spiders, because their excrement will also pit stainless guns. The one saving grace of stainless guns, I guess, is that you can strike and sand them if need be, to remove pits, and blend it fairly easily in most cases. Try that with a hot-blued gun.

I'm guessing they must use a different breed of SS for most SS knives, because I don't recall any of mine getting pitted with exposure to saltwater...and I boat/fish in the salt a lot.
 
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I wonder if you could make a hammer from H1.
 
N NG VI I realize that comes across as curt and borderline rude. What I meant was that this thread highlights that the benefit of toughness is not unique to carbon steel over stainless.
 
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