Favorite Steel in Each Category

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microtech85

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I am interested to know peoples favorite steels in a few different categories. Shoot me more categories if their should be any. Im thinking just basic categories though.

Edc folder or fixed,
Camp knife
Survival knife

For me i would say in order:
M390
M4
420hc
i choose m390 for favorable all-around attributes. M4 for days of sharpness and good toughness with some corrsion resistance. And 420hc for toughness and corrosion while having satisfactory edge holding. I am no expert in survival so that last one is a safe guess.
 
I got a neck knife in O-1 at 63 HRC, chisel grind, excellent cutting power. Still trying to figure out how to sharpen it with ny setup (very small and chisel grind), but awesome steel
 
microtech85 said:
To hickory steel, a knife you would take camping for a weekend or up to a week
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Ok.

Edc ,camp, and survival -whatever Victorinox uses ( I know it works, so it doesn't matter what it is )

Camp, and survival - whatever carbon steel imperial used for my H6 fixed blade

Camp, and survival- Vaughan & Bushnell 1085

My EDC will still be with me, I don't do the whole one tool option, and if I end up in a survival situation my survival cutting tools would be what I took out with me.
 
Folders - M390

Fixed blade - CPM CruWear(no experience with it on a fixed blade yet but hot damn has it preformed exceptionally well on my Manix. If it's as tough as people say it'd be a great steel for medium-large fixed blades.)
 
Folder - Elmax, CTS-XHP, M390

Fixed blade - 3V

I imagine you will get a lot of M390 and 3V as they set the bar pretty high.
 
EDC/Folder: 20CV, M4, Cruwear
Camp: SR101/52100, 3V, Vanadis 4 Extra
Chop: 1095
 
Edc folder or fixed - s35vn
Camp knife - D3V
Survival knife - Cru-V
Kitchen Knife (sorry had to round out the tools) - O7
 
Edc or small fixed blade, 01 or A2 for carbon steels, for stainless, cpm154 or cm154.
Chopper, 1095 or 5160.
 
W. Anderson said:
O-1 all around. Wish I could find a folder in o-1 :(
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@wanderson, I would check out Great Eastern Cutlery for a folder in 01, I got one that looks like a Sod Buster, and I like the half blade stop too. It is called the
Bull Nose with micarta handle, part of the Farm and Field series.
 
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M390, 3V, 154cm.

I'd want something stainless (hence 154cm) for survival since it would be out in the elements without being able to care for it.
 
My favorite PM steel would be CPM-154, my favorite non PM steel would be Sandvik 14c28n. Favorite fixed blade steel would be 1095. Favorite all around folder steel would surprisingly be 154cm, there's just a million knives in it and the steel performs great.
 
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