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I think the steel status thing is quite real in the modern knife community.Status? Thanks for the chuckle.
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I think the steel status thing is quite real in the modern knife community.Status? Thanks for the chuckle.
I think the steel status thing is quite real in the modern knife community.
Probably not the proper place to discuss this topic since it's non-traditional. So, I'll just let it be.How?Steel is not readily discernible, save for perhaps a small marking at the tang. I care about the steel on my knives; I don't care about the steel on others'.
I think what they are saying is that many of the folks that insist on the latest and greatest steels in their knives only do it to have bragging rights with their buddies. I've seen so many arguments over why S35V is SO much better than S30V, etc.... I remember when Aus8 was considered a high end steel.... now, some of the steel snobs will laugh out loud at you for stooping to own a knife with such "cheap" steel....How?Steel is not readily discernible, save for perhaps a small marking at the tang. I care about the steel on my knives; I don't care about the steel on others'.
You'll have to excuse us, we can be protective of our traditional knife values here.
When somebody says they want to throw a "traditional knife" in their pocket, we applaud them.
But then there's talk about carbon fiber, high end steels, and titanium... Our heads start to spin, that's not very traditional.
But there is room here for newcomers to test the "traditional" waters and we will try to guide you the best we can.
I'm with kamagong. I love having steel that I can touch up every month or two instead of every week or less. Constant touch ups are the price I pay for getting patterns and materials that I like at a reasonable price, but simple steel isn't by any means a requirement of mine. Steel is steel. In my book, it's all traditional because you can't tell any difference by looking at it. Lately I've been rocking CPM-154(2 knives) and CPM-S35VN(1 knife) in traditional patterns. I don't consider either of them super steels, CPM-154 is pretty much 440C made with modern technology. Why not benefit from modern tech so long as the only difference you can find is that it works better? As to the carbon fiber, I much prefer it over traditional celluloid.![]()
I'm with kamagong. I love having steel that I can touch up every month or two instead of every week or less. Constant touch ups are the price I pay for getting patterns and materials that I like at a reasonable price, but simple steel isn't by any means a requirement of mine. Steel is steel. In my book, it's all traditional because you can't tell any difference by looking at it. Lately I've been rocking CPM-154(2 knives) and CPM-S35VN(1 knife) in traditional patterns. I don't consider either of them super steels, CPM-154 is pretty much 440C made with modern technology. Why not benefit from modern tech so long as the only difference you can find is that it works better? As to the carbon fiber, I much prefer it over traditional celluloid.![]()
If you don't mind me asking, what are the three knives you are referring to?
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I just hate reading that I don't need better. I abhor that sort of thinking, it's arrogance of the first order. I have no idea of what other people need; what makes other people think they know what I need?
Yes, for me, a lionSteel Best Man is a knife made, in form, to resemble a traditional knife, but stainless, titanium and carbon fiber make it a modern interpretation. Nothing wrong with that, it’s just not my idea of being a traditional knife made today.
Case and Tony Bose produce an annual knife in CPM 154 and there has recently been a stockman.
Buck has made a few stockmans in high end steel.
Queen/Schatt and Morgan made them in D2, ats-34, and sandvik steels.