More blades in S90V and CPM15V

[koolstof]

dammit... those materials some promising but are almost ignored buy makers... Most of the custommakers seem to stick with ATS34 or that damn 154CM. No origality or belly...

 

[baraqyal]

Originally posted by koolstof
dammit... those materials some promising but are almost ignored buy makers... Most of the custommakers seem to stick with ATS34 or that damn 154CM. No origality or belly...

Uhh.. ok..

It could be a problem of supply. Or, maybe those steels aren't ideal for mass production. Perhaps in the future, they will be.

I doubt S90V and CPM15V are being intentionally ignored. Once it makes economic sense to switch to them, we'll see knives in those steels.

I believe ATS34 and 154CM are the same formula, just American (154CM) and Japaneses (ATS 34) variants. I don't believe there's a discernable difference between the two. I could be wrong though - I'm no expert on steel production.

ATS 34/154CM is commonly used because it's a decent steel, with good properties, and I believe it's in pretty common supply. I don't think there's anything particularily wrong with it.

Just out of curiousity, what does this have to do with Buck knives? They seem to have lots of "origality or belly" - with many new materials and lots of innovation.

-- Rob

 

[koolstof]

Yeah, I think that it is hard to make those steels and to work them too.

Now I know they are the same steels, thanks, I keep making such mistakes.

I do nut have anything against "Buck". However custom makers are not that custom of they do not offer these steels, major drawback. I do however understand that you cannot feature all kinds of raw material.

I'm sure I will find a nice piece.


Kind regards!