How to Identify Blade Steel?

[pcb105]

Hi All,

I am no expert in determining blade steel type. I am trying to identify if a knife is S90V. Is there a simple way to determining what the blade steel of a knife is? The knife is made by Dunn knives by Greene and is marked 08-90V. I assume that this means S90V (but I am not sure. I have an email into them, but I am very impatient). The blade steel looks a lot like a S90V knife from spyderco as far as finish, but I am don't think this is definitive at all.

Thanks for any help.

-PCB

 

[brets-ftw]

test it out and compare the results to another known s90v blade, thats all i can think of and even then it will have variances via HT

 

[Noctis3880]

Sharpen it. Or cut cardboard for a week and see if it still slices paper.