carbon steel slipjoints

[o2bFishN]

can i get some opinions (or facts) about the diferences between 1095 and 0170-6C.

1095 is a plain carbon steel, and 0170-6C is a carbon/tool steel, is this correct?

my assumption would be that the 0170-6C would out-perform the 1095 on ease of sharpening and edge holding, but to what degree?

and lastly, would the difference between the 2 steels justify 'much' of a price difference, considering all else being equal (as in basically the same model knife)?

thanks for any responses

regards,
bill o.

 

[Bugs3x]

Like everyone else, I've got an opinion.

I would think that 1095 would have the edge, so to speak, on ease of resharpening, while the 0170-6C would do better at edge holding. That is, unless 0170-6C has a significantly lower level of carbon in it.

1095 has only a dab of Manganese in addition to it's 0.95% of carbon. I assume that 0170-6C has more components than does 1095. Unfortunately, 0170-6C doesn't appear in any of the steel component charts I have/use. The more elements that form carbides in addition to the plain variety, almost certainly have harder carbides than the basic ferric type, which add to edge retention, and make sharpening more difficult.

The harder the carbides formed by other components of steel, the sooner they form in the cooling after the molten process. As I recall it, those are Vanadium, Tungsten, Molybdenum in that order. I'm confused as to silicon. It is always listed well before vanadium in the charts, but I thought I read that the silicon carbides are even harder than vanadium carbides.

Anyhow, that's how I see it. I may well be totally wrong.

 

[o2bFishN]

thanks Bugs

i guess what i'm really asking is a 'carbon v' slipjoint vs. a 1095 carbon steel slipjoint type question

price being equal there would be no question of course, but price aint equal



regards,
bill o.

i think i'll rephrase the question and fish for answers on the general forum.