Blade steels

Very corrosion resistant for a stainless steel. Tough for a stainless steel, so chipping and ripping shouldn't be much of an issue. It will tend to deform instead of chipping, so the edge can often be brought back by steeling the edge. Not very wear resistant though, so you'll need to resharpen often if you're cutting stuff like cardboard. Very easy to sharpen in comparison to many of the newer "super steels".

Around here, it is generally considered to be one of the lower end steels. But every steel has it's purpose.
 
Buzzbait said:
Very corrosion resistant for a stainless steel. Tough for a stainless steel, so chipping and ripping shouldn't be much of an issue. It will tend to deform instead of chipping, so the edge can often be brought back by steeling the edge. Not very wear resistant though, so you'll need to resharpen often if you're cutting stuff like cardboard. Very easy to sharpen in comparison to many of the newer "super steels".

Around here, it is generally considered to be one of the lower end steels. But every steel has it's purpose.
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I agree with the first paragraph, but would rephrase the second. I would say that 420HC is inappropriate for some uses, just as some of the uber stahls are inappropriate for other uses. There is no steel that is good at all things.
 
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