How many blade steels do you have in your collection?

154CM
12C27
Whatever Victorinox uses, whatever Wenger uses
Whatever the Chive is made of
AUS6
AUS8
1095CroVan
1070
1055
O1
5Cr15MoV
Whatever CRKT used for the first run of the RSK Mk5
Whatever it is that Spyderco called G-2
Whatever Fiskars uses on their axes/hatchets that develops rust *extremely* easily
Whatever Fiskars uses on theiir brush axe that doesn't develop rust easily
Whatever Martindale uses on their machetes
Unidentified stainless steels in a couple of cheap knives
Forgot:
Whatever Case's CV is
Whatever Leatherman used in their original PST
 
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Starting with some of my favorites:

CPM-10V
CPM-S110V
CPM-S90V
CTS-20CP
M390
CTS-204P
CPM-M4
CPM-3V
ELMAX
CPM-S30V
CPM-S35VN
CTS-BD30P
ZDP-189
CTS-XHP
D2
N690co
VG-10
ATS-55
154cm
H1
14c28n
12c27
AUS-8
52100 (SR101)
L6
O1
A2
1095
 
14C28N x 7
S30V x 2
S35N
Elmax
154CM
CPMD2 x 2
440 x 4
420J2 x 2
420HC
420
8Cr13MoV
Surgical stainless
mystery steel stainless x 3
 
I've noticed a couple of folks mention Victorinox and Wenger. Any of you guys find it odd that such well known and respected companies use "Mystery Steel"? I went looking and couldn't fins a single firm reference as to what exact steel they use. I wonder if that lets them change the steel from time to time without changing their specs?
 
AUS8
8Cr13Mov
S30V
S35VN
S90V
M4
BD1
BD30P
XHP
20CP
204P
H1
VG10
N690CO
M390
Super Blue
D2

This is just my spydercos
 
Hmm let's see:
cpm m4
s30v
vg10
9cr13mov
8cr13mov
ats55
1095
1095CV
L6
1074 I think. whatever is in the opinel
SAK steel, whatever that stainless is.
and whatever the carbon Mora is.

Buffalohump said:
I mostly collect knives for the steel these days. Just keeps it interesting.

Stainless:
CPM-S90V
CTS-204P
Elmax
N690
M390
D2
154CM
CPM-154
San Mai-III
CPM-M4
CTS-20CP
CTS-XHP
ZDP-189
And, of course, CPM-S30V :)

Tool steels:
W2
52100

My favourite? Probably M390 because its a great all-rounder. Also CPM-M4, preferably coated. Awesome steels both!

I would really like some Duratech 20CV because its not that common which adds to the fun.
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a few in your stainless category are both tool steels and stainless, and at least one is a tool steel and NOT stainless(cpm m4)
;)
 
Everything except YXR7, Supracore/MPL-1, 4V, and the Rex line of steels ( used to have Rex 20/M62 but it's gone), SRS 15, Sleipner, PD-1, Cowry Y&X.

Can't really think of anything else I've seen used in a knife


Note* reading through Jim A.'s I realized I don't have Vanax steels, or any of the A11 class steels either.

Joe
 
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Doh, well spotted... M4 should be in the tool steel list. :o

I think D2 is referred to as a semi-stainless? Which are the others?

goodeyesniper said:
a few in your stainless category are both tool steels and stainless, and at least one is a tool steel and NOT stainless(cpm m4)
;)
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Hmmm...off the top of my head:

440C
440A
125M
420HC
S30V
S90V
154CM
CPM154
ATS-34
AUS8
Acuto +
ZDP189
BG-42
VG-10
VG-1
14C28N
SG2
M390
Case CV
N690Co
4116
1095
13C28N
8Cr13MoV
9Cr18Mo
CPM-D2
CPM-M4
S35VN
CTS 20CP
CTS XHP

That is all I can think of right now.
 
Victorinox steel is:
The martensitic stainless steel alloy used for the cutting blades is optimized for high toughness and corrosion resistance and has a composition of 15% chromium, 0.60% silicon, 0.52% carbon, 0.50% molybdenum, and 0.45% manganese and is designated X55CrMo14 or 1.4110 according to Victorinox. After a hardening process at 1040 °C and annealing at 160 °C the blades achieve an average blade steel hardness of 56 HRC. This steel hardness is suitable for practical use and easy resharpening, but less than achieved in stainless steel alloys used for blades optimized for high wear resistance.[17][18][19]
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From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Army_knife

I have :
8Cr13MoV (Spyderco Resilience, some Sanrenmu and Enlan)
9Cr13MoV (Enlan EL08)
AUS8 (CS XL Voyager Triad Lock)
Fake 440C (Navy K631)
And X55CrMo14 (Victorinox)
 
S30V (benchmade, spyderco, ZT)
154CM (benchmade, hogue)
440C (benchmade, boker)
VG-10 (spyderco)
S35VN (CRK, boker, Stone-wood customs)
D2 (lionsteel, benchmade)
8CR13MOV (spyderco, kershaw)
H1 (spyderco)
Elmax (ZT)
14C28m (Kershaw)
Aus-8 (sog, coldsteel)
1095 (tops, Ontario)

I want to round out my collection with some M4, CPM154, S90V and S110V but those have to wait as my wallet isn't out of the ICU yet :D
 
K294
S110V
S90V
S30V
S35VN
VG-10
ZDP-189
M390
ELMAX
Vanax 35
CTS-20CP
CTS-XHP
Super Blue
AUS-8
5160
INFI
SR-101
SK-5
Carbon V
CPM-154
1095
VG-1
SM III
AUS-6
440C
1075
CTS-BD1
CPM M4
 
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nice topic. I was surprised at how many S30V I have.

S30V
1095
O1
VG-10
ZDP-189
ATS-34
440
 
Ankerson said:
K294
S110V
S90V
S30V
S35VN
VG-10
ZDP-189
M390
ELMAX
Vanax 35
CTS-20CP
CTS-XHP
Super Blue
AUS-8
5160
INFI
SR-101
SK-5
Carbon V
CPM-154
1095
VG-1
SM III
AUS-6
440C
1075
CTS-BD1
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You have a couple here that I've never even heard of. What kind of steels are INFI and SM III?
 
Interesting, I did not realize how many different steels I had! I do notice a trend though, half of my collection are made up of three steel types: s30, s35, and 154

S30v
S35vn
Case tru sharp
Case cv
Cpm 154
154
Stainless Damascus
Ats-34
51200
D2
CTS-XHP
W2
O1
1095
M4
X55CrMo14
 
Buffalohump said:
Doh, well spotted... M4 should be in the tool steel list. :o

I think D2 is referred to as a semi-stainless? Which are the others?
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pretty much all the powdered steels you listed are tool steels. m390, all the cts and cpm steels (maybe not cpm 154? though it might be) nearly anything we here on bf call "super steels" originated as tool steels and were simply adopted into the knife world for their wear resistance. I believe zdp 189 and Aogami Super Blue are two on your list that were actually designed from the ground up to be blade steels.

and d2 has the necessary percentage of chromium to be called stainless, yet its composition renders very little of that chromium to be used for actual corrosion resistance, so in practice it is not that stainless. though it is a tool steel.
 
KrisOK said:
I've noticed a couple of folks mention Victorinox and Wenger. Any of you guys find it odd that such well known and respected companies use "Mystery Steel"? I went looking and couldn't fins a single firm reference as to what exact steel they use. I wonder if that lets them change the steel from time to time without changing their specs?
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Probably, but I doubt that they're going to downgrade their steel at the cost of performance.

My collection:
X55CrMo14
154cm
Sandvik 14c28n
8Cr13MoV
Krupp 4116
Aogami Blue #2
420HC
CPM-D2
Sandvik 12c27
440A
7Cr17MoV
VG-10
n690co
L6
AUS-8
SK-5/1080
3Cr13
440C (BM Rescue 5 so may technically not be a knife)
Wenger's steel

I should probably look into more higher end steels, but the X55CrMo14, 154cm, and 14c28n are really working well for me.
 
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