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San Mai
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Here is a thread with several links to further San Mai III steel information/discussion.
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Yes I'd heard but was wondering if there was something new. Going to the point of making expensive laminated blade and using AUS-8 seems a waste .Not that AUS-8 is bad [I think my Master Hunter is a great knife] but I would make a different choice. I have on order, a Fallkniven S-1 with it's core of VG-10 which seems to make more sense to me.
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Yeah, you'd think Cold Steel would "evolve" with the times.
Fallkniven's laminates are pretty darn good IMO. Just remember their grinds are usually for slicers, not choppers (on the ones I handled and used).
Fallkniven's laminates are pretty darn good IMO. Just remember their grinds are usually for slicers, not choppers (on the ones I handled and used).
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Aus-8 and 420 san-mai is probably the toughest stainless steel you would ever use, though I don't know what hardness the Aus-8 is. As a little known secret, Aus-8 is probably the toughest high hardness stainless steel on the market. The 420 outsides will only add to the toughness. I personally don't like Cold Steel knives though.