Cold Steel and AUS10

[Carl64]

While browsing on the knifecenter, I ran into Cold Steels old text for switching briefly to AUS10, which the knife center of course copied into a product description:

What is AUS 10A?Cold Steel's commitment to producing the finest cutlery in the world starts with procuring the finest materials. Five years ago Cold Steel discovered AUS 10A, a high carbon stainless made in Japan.Cold Steel tested AUS 10A, along with every other Japanese-made stainless suitable for knifemaking. Some steels showed promise, but weaknesses became apparent when we flexed them in a vise and began cutting rope.The only equal to AUS 8A in strength and toughness was AUS 10A; however, the big breakthrough was that it exceeded AUS 8A by an honest 20% in edge holding ability, giving it a wide performance advantage over ATS-34, ATS-55 and 440V.

http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=CS24TAD

Anyone who really cared could have found it by now, but since AUS10 is said to be very similar to 440c, I thought all the 440c fans might like the last part as much as people who don't like Cold Steel's choice of AUS8 might like the rest of it.

 

[Jeff Clark]

I like the fine edges that I can get on the AUS series of steel. I bought a Junglee Marshall a few years back so that I could try AUS-10. It is a very nice steel, but it is pretty similar to VG-10.