DeadboxHero
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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You've got people that think super steels are a conspiracy to take people money, then you got people that think 440 or anything not powdered is garbage.
It's important to understand that neither of those ways of thought are true.
If a custom maker know his stuff with heat treatment and geometry and the design and Craftsmanship is top shelf I'd have no problems rocking a 440a knife
Geometry cuts
Problem is though there is an ocean of garbage knives in that steel that have ruined it's reputation.
Not saying 440a is amazing but you'd be surprised how much a knifes performance is in the design, geometry, and heat treatment rather then just the steel.
CPM 154 is some good stuff
It's important to understand that neither of those ways of thought are true.
If a custom maker know his stuff with heat treatment and geometry and the design and Craftsmanship is top shelf I'd have no problems rocking a 440a knife
Geometry cuts
Problem is though there is an ocean of garbage knives in that steel that have ruined it's reputation.
Not saying 440a is amazing but you'd be surprised how much a knifes performance is in the design, geometry, and heat treatment rather then just the steel.
CPM 154 is some good stuff
knives from China that are just marked 440.... Which isn’t a real designation of a steel and that means it’s some kind of lesser 
————That’s a lot of work to put A B or C after 440.... LOL 