Please help with steel choice??

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realitycheck

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Hey guys I am looking at getting a new knife. Spyderco, probably. Anyway I'm looking at upgrading my steel, right now I have a benchmade mini grip in 154cm. So I want to upgrade from this. I've been searching and reading and reading but its all confusing too me. All right so im looking at d2, s30v, vg-10, and zdp-189, aus8, aus10 whatever is upgrading. I like to push cut so I will polish out the blade as much as I can by stropping. I also will thin out the edge to 15 degrees, and 20 degree micro bevel. So which steel is upgrading from where i'm at?? Better edge retention, and so on.
Thanks for the help guys.
 
VG10, BG42 ( in the military sprint run), and ZDP 189 are probably your best bets for a thin, polished edge. They also have better wear resistance than 154cm IMO. Joe
 
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