Old Butcher Knives

[beherethen]

I recently picked up an old butcher knife, circa 1950s, at a flea market. It's your standard wooden handled knife that every home had. Tonight I took some steel wool to the rust and ran it over a stone and some crock sticks and this thing took an incredible edge. If this wis a little thicker it might make a great camp knife. Anyone know what type of steel was used in prestainless butcher knives? Also were they heat treated?

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[Bruce Bump]

Most of the elderly gentlemen that give me unsolicited advice at the gun shows tell me it is 1095. Whatever it is it works good and stays straight. Bruce