Hi,
Mjjbecker, and Danbo are right as far as Ruana's history goes, they were, and are great knives.
I'll just weigh in on construction. Most of the standard size line is forged 1095, with the Bowie's being zone tempered 5160. They make a bird & trout model called the Steelhead that is stainless(ats-34, or 440c, I believe). The handles are cast right on to the tang, so if you can break it, I guess you can abuse a knife better than most

. You can see a step board on their website.
I'm not sure of the rockwell, but think Coonskinner is right, as the blade of my woodcraft style skinner feel's a bit higher than blades of a known hardness.
They come with a very nice, & even satin finish on the blade. One thing that is very impressive is the quality of the sheath's, very well designed, & made.
The only things I can find fault with, are that the handles can be a bit small. But I have very large hands, and you can change grip style's, if you order from the shop, I believe. They are a bit hard to find.
HTH


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