Exotic steels

[J a K]

Bohler K390 - this steel contains 9% vanadium, which makes it very wear resistant

 

[Gator97]

Well, if vanadium is criteria theres about two dozen blade steels with 9% or more vanadium

 

[Big Mike]

CTS-XHP.



CPM-S30V



CPM-M4





Big Mike

 

[MARK GOODLESS]

James i tested a jason jacobs d2 wootz blade recently. Triple u clamped to a wheelbarrow handle.(yes the goal was to break it) it took a few minutes of baseball swings against oak trees and oak stumps before it snapped at the guard.( the tang was only 1/8"x3/16") i believe it wouldn't have broken if the tang was full. He's sending me a free replacement, (with thicker tang) and a full tang without handle for further testing. Iv'e spent several hours on the phone with jason and we have many projects going. Some blades of hanyes 25 cobalt alloy, boler ultramax (high cromium d2), and were going to vacume sinter (closest description of his process) some cheap 420 and 440 crap that looks nice but will bend when wacking 2" saplings. Please email me if you have any questions or just want to talk. Sincerely, mark goodless 954-557-9011 swordmark@aol.com

 

[Nuke]

ZDP-189 so far

 

[peanutisacutie]

AUS 10...maybe not exotic, but you don't see it much. At least, I don't.

 

[sambo.]

i have a Laminated VG-10 blade and a 3G SGPS blade in the mail.

do they count?

 

[ZippoThisKnifeThat]

For those with confusion of what "Exotic Steel" is....

This is straight from the Spyderco 2009 Product Guide

Exotic Steels:are generally accepted as steel, but by definition are not steel. Examples of Exotic steels include H1, ZDP-189, Talonite and Titanium.