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K390 vs. M390
- Thread starter L2bravo
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I won't try to go into the metallurgy, but M390 is quickly becoming a popular stainless high wear resistance steel. K390 is a pretty exotic even higher wear resistance non-stainless steel from the same company (foundry). Neither is particularly tough (as such things go) so both work well in knives intended for slicing rather than chopping. Does that help?
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K390 is a modified A11 steel and has twice the vanadium as M390. It's run harder normally, and is tougher. A true super steel as far as wear resistance. Pretty much a custom only proposition with the exception of this last release of Spyderco Mules in Spyderco's one of a kind mule team project.