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It's actually almost identical to the Chinese stainless 9cr16mov, (very slightly lower levels of carbon, chromium, molybednum, and no nickel), which isn't a "bad" steel by any stretch, but certainly no supersteel either.
Whatever slight lack that may exist from the very slight lower levels of carbon and alloying elements (which again, are very small differences) would be made up for by BD1 being a purer alloy and a more consistently manufactured and evenly distributed alloy due to the vacuum process used to create it.
(9cr16mov would theoretically be more prone to impurities, as well as inconsistencies both from batch to batch and also within the steel matrix itself)
0.95 vs 0.90%carbon
16.00 vs. 15.75% chromium
0.5 vs. 0.3% molybednum
0.3 vs. 0.6% maganese
0.1 vs. 0.0% nickle
0.5 vs. 0.37% silicon
0.02 vs. 0.0% phosphorous
Both have 0.1% vanadium
So as you can see, there is a slight difference, but they are very similar alloys.
Thanks for that. I have a bunch of $35-range Kershaws and a Spyderco Tenacious with the Chinese steel already. So I'll pass on the Manix2. I played with one of those over my lunch break also, and didn't think it was great for my needs.