RMK Stainless Steel?

[bruce]

I'm a little confused. My understanding from the Randall web site and their catalog is that the stainless steel used for the majority of blades has a carbon content of 1.00% It is commonly understood that their major stainless steel used is 440B (although I don't remember RMK stating it is 440B).

The carbon content of the 440 series steels from charts I've seen indicate:

440A .6-.75%
440B .75-.95%
440C .95-1.20%

I know RMK sometimes uses 440C for #14 blades but which 440 series steel is used on the majority of their knives? ...and if it is 440B, why do they state carbon at 1.00%? Wouldn't this make the steel 440C based on Carbon alone, since the other alloying elements of the 440 series are all the same?

Bruce

 

[Rhett Stidham]

I just called Randall shop supervisor, Scott Maynard for this info. Randall is now using 440C exclusively for all knives. For a while they were using ATS34 on some of the small knives, but that has been discontinued. There are still some of the ATS34 blades in the blade bins that will be used, but all new forgings will be 440C.//// Rhett Stidham