S30v steel knives?

Lots of dust on this one. Original thread from 2003!

S30V and S35VN perform well for me and retain the ability to sharpen without a lifetime commitment to the task. That's one of my criteria for buying a knife. I guess it was new stuff in 2003 but today it's pretty common. It also seems makers are making knives less brittle these days. I can recall S30V being fairly easy to chip a few years back.
 
Ya it's a good steel. I find the CTS-XHP Cold Steel is using holds an edge a little longer and responds better to stropping than my S30V blades, but they are great and often affordable. S35VN from CRK seems a little easier to sharpen but doesn't respond as well to stropping in my opinion, and doesn't hold its edge quite as long as S30V or CTS-XHP. Wow 2003 seems like yesterday!
 
Undead thread!

One of the guys back in '03 said S-30v was the toughest stainless. Was Elmax available then? Love me some Elmax.
 
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