Best Extreme-Use Knife Under $60?

[Cliff Stamp]

Ron@SOG:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">High RC does not equate brittleness in various blade steels. People purchase knives with BG-42 (like from Chris Reeve) for its outstanding strength.</font>

Steels can be very strong and at the same time very brittle. This is how strength and toughness are related, as you increase one *in general* you decrease the other.

As for BG-42 at 62+ RC, it is more brittle than Bg-42 at 60 RC unless something very interesting is happening with the heat treat. Is it more brittle than ATS-34 at 60RC - don't know. Is it more brittle than most carbon steels at 60 RC - yes, by a large margin I would assume.

-Cliff

 

[Guntaholic]

I have put both my Spyderco Delica and Benchmade Eclipsce through hell and they both are still fine.