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KaBar Becker 1095 Cro-Van vs 1095 steel what is the difference?

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Back to the original post, assuming it's asking a serious question. If you'd read the Becker Blade Database, there is a section on blade steel, which gives a lot of information. 0.5% Cr doesn't do anything significant for rust prevention, you need at least 12-13% for that. What that small amount of Cr does is make it easier to through harden the blade, instead of just surface hardening. I imagine that it helps with KA-BAR's marquenching heat treatment.
 
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marantz said:
Back to the original post, assuming it's asking a serious question. If you'd read the Becker Blade Database, there is a section on blade steel, which gives a lot of information. 0.5% Cr doesn't do anything significant for rust prevention, you need at least 12-13% for that. What that small amount of Cr does is make it easier to through harden the blade, instead of just surface hardening. I imagine that it helps with KA-BAR's marquenching heat treatment.
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Hmm, interesting, and brings up something I've wondered.
(Ah, and comparing to A2 with ~5% Cr, which does seem a bit less prone to staining than these others).

I don't understand why 1084 (Aldo's is the only kind I've used) seems to through-harden easily, 1095 does not, but O1 does. I'm guessing it's the other alloying elements, but that's all quite vague.

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