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Have steels reached the limit of useful wear resistance?
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Ask someone to send you a bar os S125V.
@Joshua: I didn't know about the S150V but I do know that Sal mentioned they have two prototype Militaries that took about a day each to profile out and fit in S125V.
Good to know.Chances are S150V never made it out of the factory then, apparently the rollers couldn't flatten the stuff out properly (and just barely work on S125V).
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I think so. Never heard of anyone using it for a while. They use the newer formulations S110V/S125V for such tasks now. Then again S125V entered back in production so who knows.
Chances are S150V never made it out of the factory then, apparently the rollers couldn't flatten the stuff out properly (and just barely work on S125V).
There was also CPM 18V, but I don't know what happened to that other than seeing some lab results. Even the S125V can crack during the rolling, never mind the S150V.
The steels don't always have to be rolled though. They can be used in the as-HIP condition, which opens up more options in steel formulation. In fact, it could come out of the factory already in the shape of the knife by making the steel that way. If there's enough demand for such knives, then it can happen.
