Carbon vs Stainless steel what is better?

S60V, I believe. The name change was, at least partially, due to confusion with the 440 series of stainless steels, to which the CPM product is unrelated. In adition, 420V became S90V.

--JB

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I just noticed that narruc mentioned about 440V, and I think that was where some of the confusion came.
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With the big emphasis on the word some. Maybe we can make this a game, Spot The Bizaree Claims kinda thing, and see who can identify the most
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Joe
 
We meet again storyville!
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Now it's tough cloth you want to know about, so let me see if I can make it easy for you.

There are two major components to Tough Cloth. One is the Cloth, and the other is the Solvent. There are a few more, but these are the most important when spoofing. The other two most important factors are knowledge, and experiance.

I would not use Tough Cloth on a Kyocera knife. Tough cloth is much too abrasive for the relatively soft ceramic material in Kyocera knives and will scratch and mar the hard chromed finish. Besides, some of the proprietary ingrediants in tough cloth can react badly with the silicon in those knives, causing a irreversible entropic molecular chain reaction which can turn the blade into sand faster than you can say '440V is a crappy steel'.

Narruc, if the most important elements in a blade steel are Chromium and Carbon, does the Iron content make any difference at all? I've also been wondering about ATS-34 and CPM-154. Are they the same? I think I read that somewhere, but that can't be true since they have different letters in their names and different molecular weights (34 vs 154). Another question that maybe you can clear up for me is about Talonite. I've seen a lot of folks who think Talonite is a great blade steel. What are the most important elemental characteristics of that stuff?

Please do not worry about boring me with chemistry. I love it. You have written one of the Most informative and useful posts in this thread that I have Ever seen here at Bladeforums. You must really know your ****. And you can be really funny when you want to be. Rave on. I want More.

Paracelsus (SAE and PhD), a know nothing big word self appointed expert who is still waiting for narruc to do the right thing and post in this thread apologizing for making such a 'simple' subject soooo confusing
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Narruc would you also lump togather 420 J, M, and V?

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Paracelsus,

Thanks for that half-a$$ed reply. I didn't appreciate the way you shifted from *my needs* halfway through your post.

... But to get back to your comments: so will the Talonite in my Kyocera knife melt?!

(Will I still be able to disembowel/eviscerate my friends w/it? Perform emergency tracheotomies?)

Please, SERIOUS RESPONSES ONLY!!!

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