Field knife steel choice.

Which would you prefer?

  • CPM 154

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • S35VN

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • CTS-XHP

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • CPM 3V

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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For a Field knife I have to concur with others. 1095 all the way for me. Hi-tech stainless steels come in a wide variety of choices ranging from "difficult to sharpen" to "impossible to sharpen". Lol
 
precisionshootist said:
For a Field knife I have to concur with others. 1095 all the way for me. Hi-tech stainless steels come in a wide variety of choices ranging from "difficult to sharpen" to "impossible to sharpen". Lol
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that problem is corrected with some technique and the right sharpening equipment.
 
precisionshootist said:
For a Field knife I have to concur with others. 1095 all the way for me. Hi-tech stainless steels come in a wide variety of choices ranging from "difficult to sharpen" to "impossible to sharpen". Lol
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Nope they aren't with the proper materials and skill.

But then one wouldn't likely need to sharpen in the field in the 1st place with those steels. ;)

I can touch up an edge on K294 or S110V in seconds and both of them are a lot more wear resistant then any of those steels listed.
 
3V winning by a wide margin so far, with CPM 154 in a distant second.
 
S35vn hands down! If you voted for anything other than s35vn it is because you have not used s35vn.
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Is that right? :)


I have 3V fixed blades in small to tiny size, up to .25 inch, almost 10 inch convexed monsters. From rc 58 up to rc 61-62. I really like it as an overall steel for medium to hard/very hard use. I like the family and go all the way back to Vascowear, 3V's uncle, now Cruwear. I would like to try the Cruwear type steels in powder too, like PD-1, Z-wear, etc.

Other favorites are M2/M3/M4, L6/15N20, 52100, O-1, W2, and a few others.

For light to medium use give me S110V, 10V/A11/K294, all with a Phil Wilson full hardness heat treat. I'm fortunate enough to own a Phil Wilson knife in S110V and after 40 years of knife collecting and use it taught me what real performance is.

Joe
 
3V with out a doubt. it is a awesome steel and wish they would put it on more folders.
 
hardheart said:
tht's because 3V has the lowest carbon and chromium content.
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It's that misconception that a field blade has to be extremely easy to sharpen like on a rock and that the higher alloy steels just can't be sharpened, I always find this extremely funny when I hear it because it is really that funny. ;)

Not sure what people would be doing with those said knives in a higher alloy steel that would dull it to the point of it not cutting anymore in a short period of time, that is taking into count this knife and what it would be.

Aside from processing large game, something one would really want a slicer for in a high alloy steel, that is if they want to get the job done quickly without having to sharpen the knife in the middle of the process.

It's not like these people live out in the the middle of the no place for years at a time, or even months with no access to anything, more than likely maybe for a day or 2 to maybe a week.

But then if those people go out into the field that unprepared they are going to have more serious issues than if their knife can whittle hair or not.
 
Well, boys and girls, it looks like 3V is the winner with over 53% of the votes. With that said, i will also be keeping my ear to the ground for real world info about the new CPM 4V steel once it gets into the hands of custom makers. One other issue with all of these steels is finding a HT place that will do the HT that you want and not just the industry standard one. According to my sources, with some steels like A2, it doesn't make much of a difference. YOu get what the chemistry of the steel will give you. But, according to guys like Roman Landes, you can really play around with some of these high alloy steels in order to keep the size of the aus-grains in the matrix very small and limit the amount of retained austenite and get even more toughness and edge stability and slightly higher hardness levels.
 
jdm61 said:
Well, boys and girls, it looks like 3V is the winner with over 53% of the votes. With that said, i will also be keeping my ear to the ground for real world info about the new CPM 4V steel once it gets into the hands of custom makers. One other issue with all of these steels is finding a HT place that will do the HT that you want and not just the industry standard one. According to my sources, with some steels like A2, it doesn't make much of a difference. YOu get what the chemistry of the steel will give you. But, according to guys like Roman Landes, you can really play around with some of these high alloy steels in order to keep the size of the aus-grains in the matrix very small and limit the amount of retained austenite and get even more toughness and edge stability and slightly higher hardness levels.
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i would contact both peters and paul bos heat treating and ask.
 
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