Carbon V steel - cold resistant?

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How does Carbon V - say the SRK, hold up in, oh, somewhere between 10 and -20 F weather? Anyone ever ran any tests on it by chance?
 
I have used my bushranger while winter camping last year in temperatures ranging down to -25 C ( about -15 F) and it did not seem to be affected. I did not run any sort of tests on it though.
 
I've used a Carbon V Trailmaster in the NWT down to about 20F with no problems, if that helps.
 
Carbon V (1095 modified) has a ductile to brittle transformation range that makes a grade like this brittle at low temperatures.
Most heat treatable grades have this. The cutting performance will not change with low temperatures but should the knife be struck by a hard object (rock, etc) it may chip easier. The toughness doesn't change alot at 20 below.
Most leaf springs are 1095 or some derivitive. They are ok at 20 below, your knife should be too.
 
I live in an area (Northern Finland) where we sometimes have very low temperatures (last winter lowest in my town was -47 Celsius, nearby -54 Celsius). What kind if steels work best in extreme cold, and are there steels that should be avoided in these temperatures?

Ossi
 
Had a feeling it might chip.
Um, good cold resistant? Seal 2000 knives supposudly are, but never actualyl tested one. Cliff Stamp probably has run some cold tests or knows a good knife/steel for extreme colds.
 
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