BE2604 steel for Survival Knife

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I recently acquired a new survival knife made from bestar BE2604 steel. I trust the manufacturer of the knife, however I am now familar with the steel and I cannot find out anything BUT it's chemical composition. I am unsure of it's Rockwell at this moment but I hope to be finding out soon. the chemical comp is here:

http://www.zknives.com/knives/steels...lm=Bestar&ss=1

looks low on the carbon for better chance for wear resistance and maybe more corrosion resistance. Can anyone give me some guidance please?

Uses for knife (trenching, batoning, carving, cutting chopping and prepping food (after washed))
 
What kind of info are you looking for? According to that zknives site it can reach up to 62-63hrc, and has some alloying for wear resistance. I wouldn't call .7% carbon low.
 
basically, my uses will be backpacking and camping. The idea being to take this knife into the woods and leave the other knives, axes, and trowel at home. the knife has a 6 inch blade on it and is one solid piece of the BE2604 my definition of "low" lower than the straight steels I use for my chopping blades. which I keep at 1075.

I am wondering what performance I should get out of it. How well it will hold an edge when batoning, what corrosion resistance I can expect if any.
The hardness is 59 RC
 
This should be a tough blade with pretty good edge holding. Corrosion resistance will be minimal. The chromium, tungsten, and vanadium all help with rear resistance. The silicon helps with toughness.
 
Looks fairly close to 1070, which has been doing yeoman's duty in machetes, shovels, trowels and other hard use tools for ages. My Ivan Campos Scandi in 1070 is my preferred bush knife. Tough, extremely sharp (pops hair above the skin), I'd trust it anywhere.
 
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