Y'all mihgt be interested in this e-mail I got from Cold Steel when I asked why they stopped the Carbon V production. I know it's shamelessly self-promoting on the part of Cold Steel, but that's par for the course with them.
"We have been making knives in the USA out of our exclusive Carbon V steel since 1987. However now due to factors beyond our control we must suspend all shipments of these knives for the foreseeable future and cancel all backorders. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment this will cause our valued customers but we have no choice. For the past two years we have done all in our power to support the factory making Carbon V knives for us, but they have continued on a downward spiral and are now in a very severe business and financial crisis and have lost almost their entire workforce.
"However please don’t despair we will continue to make just about every Carbon V steel knife in either VG-1 San Mai Laminated Stainless steel, 4116 Krupp Stainless Steel or free forged 1050 high Carbon steel. While deliveries may be slow or interrupted on the former Carbon V models we plan to have everything back to normal by January 2007 and we appreciate your continued support as we make this transition to new factories and new steels."
