Once you learn to sharpen properly, you do not need as nice a steel.

I would disagree. Using an Edge Pro or similar you can sharpen just about any steel in a relatively short amount of time.
 
After fifty years of knife use I eventually got pretty good at free hand sharpening 1095 and 420HC. I had a 3 stone Norton set up for the house, I kept a stone at work and a stone to throw in the truck when needed.

Before I got my first D2 blade, I spent some months reading on these forums why people liked or disliked the newer steels. So when the knife order went in, so did an order for a KME diamond system and an extra 140 grit to profile with. Trying to profile D2 with a wet stone would be an exercise in futility.

These days I maintain the edge with a strop and don't have to use the diamonds that often.
I don't strop CPM 154, or D2 any more than I used to have to sharpen steels like AUS8, 420HC and 1095.

With the right tools any steel is easy to sharpen. I will say before jumping in to the newer steels one should learn how to sharpen and be good at it. Get a cheap knife and sharpen it into dust.

Does anyone else find themselves using more Aus8, Vg10 and 420hc type stainless steels more often due to being able to sharpen them very easily?
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So to answer the op's question............No
 
I will agree with you. AUS8, 154cm, 12c27, and 1095 has all been fine for me.

I get frustrated trying to sharpen m4.
 
Buy yourself a cheap Harbor Freight buffer and a paper wheel sharpening kit from Richardj on these forums. Read his posts. You will have sharp knives, and quick too.
 
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