Only 3

Hmm.. if I could pick anything?
I would pick the biggest, longest Warcraft Tanto in 3V that exists. I'd use it as a tough all purpose knife and a possible weapon.
Next, I would pick one of those Endura-shaped longblade Salt 2 in LC200N, cuts like good 420HC and will never rust. My fish knife. Do-all small tasker.
Then, I would pick another fixed blade. Again, can pick anything, so I would pick a Carothers knife in a tough and well-treated but easier to sharpen steel. Some type of carbon steel probably. Something really good to suit my needs as the main knife.

From just what I own? Lets say the world ended as we knew it and marauders invaded my house, found my knife collection, took pity on me and said I can keep three of my knives.
1, Cold Steel Espada XL, but not the fancy one, the AUS10a version for its softer, tougher, easy to sharpen ability, it acts like a fixed blade, a switchblade, great camp knife and it can be a weapon if possible, with more reach than a bowie with even longer blade because of the 7 position handle. (I need to learn more about S35VN so please tell me if I'm wrong and S35 makes a good fixed blade steel? It seems more brittle than AUS10a. Which would be better for a fixed blade?)
2. A PM2, either Cruwear for toughness and sharpenability as Cruwear feels a cut above Buck 420HC or S45VN as a very stainless cutter.
3. Ontario SP-1, a 1075 tough fixed blade of 7", tougher than 1075, does not excel at edgeholding but no 10xx series does and it's less likely to break than 1095 and is easily sharpened, feels bombproof and like it would last me a lifetime. Would a Mora Companion HD be better, or would the Ontario be the ticket?

JJ_Colt45 said:
If I had to chose only 3 (which would be difficult only because I would like to add about 2 more to cover all my cutting needs) but the 3 would probably be these ...
D3V
Cruwear
and S35VN
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Out of curiosity, what does S35 do better than S45? In my above answer I was actually wondering how good it is for a fixed blade, as I have an Espada XL (practically a fixed) in that steel, and was scared that it was brittle, at least compared to AUS10a. Can you give me the lowdown?
 
Hashishiin said:
What do you like about CTS-XHP? Thinking about buying a knife in it.
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I’m not 100% sure that I’ve put my finger on the “why” just yet. It seems to hold its edge very well, and so far has touched up ridiculously easy with a few swipes on the sharpmaker. The thing I like the most is that it seems to be an aggressive cutter, not sure if that makes sense or not. I am far from a steel expert and I generally like the simple steels best. For reference my stainless steels of comparison are aus-8 (various), 420hc (Buck), lc200n (Spyderco), s35vn (ESEE), vg-10 (Spyderco).
 
JWright214 said:
I’m not 100% sure that I’ve put my finger on the “why” just yet. It seems to hold its edge very well, and so far has touched up ridiculously easy with a few swipes on the sharpmaker. The thing I like the most is that it seems to be an aggressive cutter, not sure if that makes sense or not. I am far from a steel expert and I generally like the simple steels best. For reference my stainless steels of comparison are aus-8 (various), 420hc (Buck), lc200n (Spyderco), s35vn (ESEE), vg-10 (Spyderco).
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There are some great sources that hold it to be one of the greatest pocket knife steels of all time, in comparison to others in all factors. I'm thinking of trying some. Thanks for the info.
 
Hashishiin said:
There are some great sources that hold it to be one of the greatest pocket knife steels of all time, in comparison to others in all factors. I'm thinking of trying some. Thanks for the info.
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No problem, anytime. It’s without a doubt been a great great user for me so far
 
I imagine you would want to choose stainless steels(or close to stainless) if it’s for life like you mentioned. Some places have to consider this more than others obviously

Here’s some snapshots I took a few years back when I was trying to learn more about all the different steels. Not sure how accurate the information is but it helped me. It’s not updated with the most recent steels. It would be awesome if some real steel experts that are way smarter than me updated these charts. There’s probably 10,000 threads on this topic, lol.

I’d go with 3V, Vanax SuperClean and can’t decide on the 3rd.

https://imgur.com/a/h9wf2gB
 
Hashishiin said:
Hmm.. if I could pick anything?
I would pick the biggest, longest Warcraft Tanto in 3V that exists. I'd use it as a tough all purpose knife and a possible weapon.
Next, I would pick one of those Endura-shaped longblade Salt 2 in LC200N, cuts like good 420HC and will never rust. My fish knife. Do-all small tasker.
Then, I would pick another fixed blade. Again, can pick anything, so I would pick a Carothers knife in a tough and well-treated but easier to sharpen steel. Some type of carbon steel probably. Something really good to suit my needs as the main knife.

From just what I own? Lets say the world ended as we knew it and marauders invaded my house, found my knife collection, took pity on me and said I can keep three of my knives.
1, Cold Steel Espada XL, but not the fancy one, the AUS10a version for its softer, tougher, easy to sharpen ability, it acts like a fixed blade, a switchblade, great camp knife and it can be a weapon if possible, with more reach than a bowie with even longer blade because of the 7 position handle. (I need to learn more about S35VN so please tell me if I'm wrong and S35 makes a good fixed blade steel? It seems more brittle than AUS10a. Which would be better for a fixed blade?)
2. A PM2, either Cruwear for toughness and sharpenability as Cruwear feels a cut above Buck 420HC or S45VN as a very stainless cutter.
3. Ontario SP-1, a 1075 tough fixed blade of 7", tougher than 1075, does not excel at edgeholding but no 10xx series does and it's less likely to break than 1095 and is easily sharpened, feels bombproof and like it would last me a lifetime. Would a Mora Companion HD be better, or would the Ontario be the ticket?


Out of curiosity, what does S35 do better than S45? In my above answer I was actually wondering how good it is for a fixed blade, as I have an Espada XL (practically a fixed) in that steel, and was scared that it was brittle, at least compared to AUS10a. Can you give me the lowdown?
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I have not used S45VN yet so I can't compare the two. I find S35VN to be a well balanced steel. Has decent edge retention. it sharpens easily. and for my uses it doesn't chip like some of the other stainless steels I've tried. Of course it can vary depending on heat treat and geometry but it's been a solid choice for me.
 
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