blade steel types

InfantryMyers said:
what are the different types of steel used in knives and what are the pros and cons of each?
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wow do you have a year?

do you mean like stainless and non stainless?

or like high speed steel vs carbon steel vs alloy steel vs stainless steel?

or like how many steels are there and what are the pro and cons of each one?
 
There are literally 100s of different steels...not really something you can put in just one simple post. There are a few charts that have been posted here.

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InfantryMyers said:
what are the different types of steel used in knives and what are the pros and cons of each?
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The best and only advice that should be given when this question is asked in a knife form:

READ THE FORUMS

Make an effort read some threads, then you will have something interesting to expand on and ultimately contribute to the forum. Threads like this come off as completely lazy, more than innocent. "just askin' a question". It's like going to a car dealership and asking them, "how does that car move down the road by simply pressing the gas pedal?". In short, you want answers? They are here, but you have to read and dig for them, don't be lazy.
 
chad2 said:
that is what i thought you meant.

lets try to narrow this down do you want to know about just stainless steels or non stainless steels to????
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ya a bit of both like lets start with the most popular ones used by brands like spyderco, benchmade, cold steel and others
 
The ones that do what you want and the ones that don't? It really depends on what's important to you; you can get pretty much any blend of toughness, edge retention, corrosion resistance, ease of sharpening, fineness of edge, and cost that you want with the selection out there.
 
RevDevil said:
The best and only advice that should be given when this question is asked in a knife form:

READ THE FORUMS

Make an effort read some threads, then you will have something interesting to expand on and ultimately contribute to the forum. Threads like this come off as completely lazy, more than innocent. "just askin' a question". It's like going to a car dealership and asking them, "how does that car move down the road by simply pressing the gas pedal?". In short, you want answers? They are here, but you have to read and dig for them, don't be lazy.
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Good advice. That's how most people learn about steels.
 
here i go these are going to be the main steels you will see on knives

non stainless steels


(5160) very tough pretty good edge retention

(1095) medium toughness better edge retention then 5160

(cpm m4) extremely tough extremely good edge retention

(cpm 3v) realy extremely tough lol and pretty good edge retention

(D2) medium toughness really good edge retention

(A2) realy realy tough and kind of good edge retention

(O1) good toughness great edge retention

(L6) dont know much about

stainless steels

(cpm 154cm) pretty good toughness really good edge retention

(154cm) slightly less toughness then the cpm version same edge retention

(vg-10) good toughness great edge retention

(cpm s30v) slightly better toughness and edge retention then cpm 154cm

(cpm s35vn) slightly better toughness and edge retention the cpm s30v

(elmax) really good toughness and really good edge retention

(m390) very similar to elmax

(440c) good toughness good edge retention

(aus 8) slightly tougher then 440c and less edge retention the 440c

(ats-34) very similar to 154cm

(bg-42) dont know much about

(420hc) pretty good toughness ok edge retention

(13c26) good toughness good edge retention

(cpm s60v) ok toughness great edge retention. pron to chipping

(cpm s90v) ok toughness really good edge retention. pron to chipping


i could go on and on with just the many different steels and way longer about there properties

this is a very dumbed down version :)
 
chad2 said:
here i go these are going to be the main steels you will see on knives

non stainless steels


(5160) very tough pretty good edge retention

(1095) medium toughness better edge retention then 5160

(cpm m4) extremely tough extremely good edge retention

(cpm 3v) realy extremely tough lol and pretty good edge retention

(D2) medium toughness really good edge retention

(A2) realy realy tough and kind of good edge retention

(O1) good toughness great edge retention

(L6) dont know much about

stainless steels

(cpm 154cm) pretty good toughness really good edge retention

(154cm) slightly less toughness then the cpm version same edge retention

(vg-10) good toughness great edge retention

(cpm s30v) slightly better toughness and edge retention then cpm 154cm

(cpm s35vn) slightly better toughness and edge retention the cpm s30v

(elmax) really good toughness and really good edge retention

(m390) very similar to elmax

(440c) good toughness good edge retention

(aus 8) slightly tougher then 440c and less edge retention the 440c

(ats-34) very similar to 154cm

(bg-42) dont know much about

(420hc) pretty good toughness ok edge retention

(13c26) good toughness good edge retention

(cpm s60v) ok toughness great edge retention. pron to chipping

(cpm s90v) ok toughness really good edge retention. pron to chipping


i could go on and on with just the many different steels and way longer about there properties

this is a very dumbed down version :)
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I know you were just trying to be helpful, but there is so much misinformation in that post that it makes my head spin.

Not to mention that you provided zero factual information, it is all anecdotal.
 
CrimsonTideShooter said:
I know you were just trying to be helpful, but there is so much misinformation in that post that it makes my head spin.

Not to mention that you provided zero factual information, it is all anecdotal.
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lol that was kind of the point because his question was so blaaaaa i wanted to give him the best blaaaa answer lol sorry my sarcasum went a little to far lol
 
RevDevil said:
The best and only advice that should be given when this question is asked in a knife form:

READ THE FORUMS

Make an effort read some threads, then you will have something interesting to expand on and ultimately contribute to the forum. Threads like this come off as completely lazy, more than innocent. "just askin' a question". It's like going to a car dealership and asking them, "how does that car move down the road by simply pressing the gas pedal?". In short, you want answers? They are here, but you have to read and dig for them, don't be lazy.
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InfantryMyers said:
awesome thats the version i needed :D
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You just confirmed this. ;)
 
zknives has a really good database. Search on BF would be useless without specific knowledge to begin with - there are too many posts with too little information that would come up in any combination of broad keywords. Some people have no information to contribute and only chastise others to search for what they themselves don't know.

It can also be helpful to read up on the edge-u-cation from Spyderco, Joe Talmadge's old FAQ, information from the manufacturers themselves (Crucible, Sandvik, Carpenter, Latrobe, Bohler-Uddeholm, Hitachi, Aichi, Takefu, Daido, etc.), peer reviewed publications on sharpening, cutting, and edge retention experiements (Verhoeven, McGorry, and others have done many available online as pdfs without charge), and also to start a thread and a a question on a forum for discussion.
 
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