SOG Powerassist type of steel

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Does anyone knows what type of steel is used in SOG multitools blades? I searched all over the net but without any success.
Many thanks.
 
It says stainless on their website. I'd guess they mean AUS-8 since that's the stainless steel many of their past and present knives use.
 
Well, I don't think so and here is why: if a company that it using AUS 8 as a general rule and it shows that explicitly on their blades by stamping that on their blades, why not using that on their flagship (Powerassist) or anywhere else (official site)?
 
I found a link that lists the steel as AUS-8. It lists the handle as just "stainless steel". It's possible that the blade and handle use a different kind of stainless steel. Maybe they listed the material as stainless steel on their website instead of AUS-8 so they didn't have to say that the handle wasn't made from AUS-8. I'm just speculating though.

http://sogknives.com/wordpress/2007/01/18/sog-powerassist/

Edit:

In the 2012 catalogue it lists the steel as 420 stainless.

http://www.sogknives.com/news/press/media/SOG_2012_Catalog.pdf

I believe AUS-8 is the better steel.
 
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So, it's 420. Maybe we can have the possibility to change that crappy steel with a better one in the future?
 
That seems to be the direction SOG are going in. That's why I collect Seki made SOG's and not their current ones made in Taiwan from thinner and/or poorer grade steels.

I wonder when they made the switch from AUS-8 to 420? That first link was for the prototype, maybe they never made any out of AUS-8.
 
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