Last night in Vegas and one more pawn shop find

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Heading back to CA. Tomorrow stopped by a Pawn shop that was not on my list and found this 2009 Vantage 346 the phone will not show the steel type but it is marked BOS 13C26. I am not familiar with this steel. sorry for the cell phone pictures:

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And next to my EDC
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Bob
 
Bos I believe is going to be the heat treater. 13C26 is a Sandvik stainless
 
Hope you had a good time here in Vegas. Congrats on your find. I have yet to start browsing the pawn shops for knives but looks like maybe I ought to start.
 
Check out this thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/690668-Buck-heat-treat-of-Sandvik-13C26-how-hard
Paul Bos is legendary for his long time employment doing heat treating for Buck, I think he is the only non knifemaker to be honored, in 2009 by ABS. My guess is it is a sandvik 13c26 stainless with his heat treating (good news). But that is all I know, I have found it to be a pretty decent steel but haven't used that buck treated spec of it. -hayes edit-didn't even finish typing and you got your answer twice. love this place.
 
Thanks for the quick replies, My Vantage Pro is SV30 I had not seen one marked like the new one

Bob
 
My EDC is exactly what you got.
Iv carried it for three and a half years and it is friggen awesome!
13c26 sandvik is a great steel that holds a decent edge and sharpens easily.
 
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