Pick a metal and defend it!

for a folder S90V, in a folder edge holding is the most important thing for me so I don't pry or baton with my folders. In a fixed blade - 3V, very tough, but still good edge holding, I'd say toughness and edge holding are pretty close in a fixed since it will have to hold up to harder jobs like batoning, but its main job is still cutting, hence the edge holding still being important.
 
1095 - IMO its the greatest steel ever to be made, ever to be fashioned into a knife and ever will be fashioned into a knife. It takes a mean edge, it holds that edge, it looks better as it ages, it has a warm aura to it compared to the cold feel most stainless puts out.
 
whatever Opinels use in their carbon line. seriously :D

gets screaming sharp if you look at it right...

Probably s30v in a folder so far. seems middle of the road in enough areas to excel for EDC tasks.

Though I do have Spyderco's m4, I don't have enough experience sharpening and using it hard to say how I feel overall.
 
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I have quite a thorough metal selection here, I have opinions of my own but I want to hear other opinions as well. Pick a metal and tell me why its best....:thumbdn::thumbup:
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Sodium, super strong bonds, can't live without it. :thumbup::thumbup:

pete
 
For folding knives i like s30v because of my zt0350 its has performed pass my expectations
 
also does anyone have any experience with S5 steel
i got a 10 inch big boar tusker from scott gossman
coming. i was going to get it in S7 but on scott's
recommendation went with S5 from my understanding
S5 is better then S7 . can anyone confirm this ?
thanks for your time !

frank
 
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Most of my experience is with aus8 and s30v. I would choose s30v all day though. Gets super sharp and stays that way in light duty. Also the rust resistance is good.
 
Im going oddball here and say Sandvik L6.
I have only with few knives (both Svörd made) experience, but I have been impressed with both. Great edge retention, while easy to sharpen.
 
For my purposes, H-1. It's a low maintenance steel with very good edge retention and toughness. It scratches easily but will not rust and that is the number one failing of a knife in the environment I work in.
 
M4 no doubt , as easy to touch up as a2 and incredible edge retention and perhaps most important it cuts when dull better than MOST stainless and INFI
 
154CM is the best all around steel. Edge retention, rust resistance, and toughness. Used by Spyderco, Benchmade, Emerson, Protech, Pirahna, Hogue Knives, etc. Ocasionally used by Kershaw, Bark River, Microtech, etc. 154CM has 4% Molybdenum, not something found in most knife steels.
 
1095: i rekon this stuff, when properly heat treated, is the standard against which all other steel should be judged.

sure, there are other steels out there with better edge retention or easier to sharpen or more corrosion resistant.

but as a baseline, 1095 is awesome stuff.
 
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