Sleipner steel vs. Niolox???

[Bimmer1]

Since these are both new steels to me can anyone explain the advantages / disadvantages of one over the other when it comes to comparing Sleipner to Niolox? Or.......are they both very close to being the same? I'm considering a purchase and can't decide which way to go.

 

[RamZar]

Try the Interactive Knife Steel Composition Chart and you can look up both Niolox from Lohmann in Germany and Sleipner from Uddeholm in Sweden.

LionSteel uses a lot of Sleipner, Elmax, Niolox and D2 now for high end blades.

I think LionSteel uses the following sources for their steels:

• ELMAX from Uddeholm in Sweden
• Sleipner from Uddeholm in Sweden
• Niolox from Lohmann in Germany
• D2 from Lohmann in Germany