Any reason fro 1095CV over 1095?

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PatrickKnight

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I am not asking which is better I am simply curious as to why Ka-bar went with 1095CV over regular 1095?

I tried a google search on this but all is turned up were threads of 1095CV vs 1095.
 
the c stands for chromium which albeit barely increases the stain resistance and increases as quenched hardness. the v stands for vanadium which creates some pretty rediculously hard vanadium carbides in the solution
 
Buckmaster covered most of it. The vanadium carbides help with edge retention and the chromium does exactly what he said. The combo also gives a slight increase in toughness. Mainly these are for better edge holding and slightly higher hardness. I love this steel. It's one of my favs.
 
I think if you look in that thread Tooj has answered this one. AAAALLLL about 1095cv... where it came from, started, formulation, the who, the why, the what, and the how.
 
The small amount of Cr helps in the heat treating by increasing the through hardness of the blade, as opposed to surface hardening. The trace amount of V helps keep the grain fine. There is some evidence that it also helps strengthen the martenside matrix during cryo treatment. So the Cr and V are mainly aids to the really good KA-BAR heat treatment.
 
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