SR101, S30V, INFI - The Toughest Steel?

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S30V is actually not very tough. It's made more to hold it's edge thus making it more BRITTLE depending on the heat treat.

Honestly I think INFI slaughters all knife steels in toughness.
 
Tactical Tanto said:
:rolleyes:
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A roll eyes for a 6 year old post? LOL. In 2004 when that post was made... that just happened to be a legitimate question. And also, you also obviously have no idea that Larrin is the son of Devin Thomas, master Damascus steel maker, who was legitimately curious.
 
samhain73 said:
A roll eyes for a 6 year old post? LOL. In 2004 when that post was made... that just happened to be a legitimate question. And also, you also obviously have no idea that Larrin is the son of Devin Thomas, master Damascus steel maker, who was legitimately curious.
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Am I supposed to know who Larrin is or something? I just happened to come across this thread and decided to give my opinion while bumping it. There's no harm in that. As for the roll eyes, I was being sarcastic. I'm sure this Larrin fella knew what INFI is. I know that post was from 04 but thanks for pointing it out captain obvious.
 
Tactical Tanto, you might consider posting less, reading more, and learning before teaching. You don't come off looking real good making naive statements to people with a record here of knowledgeable discourse.
 
thombrogan said:
The General,

Don't Fallkniven's knives consist of 420J2 sandwiched around the VG10? Also, were some to complain that they weren't tough, it's a safe bet that a 100 or more knuts would shout "they aren't prybars".
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I watched a destruction test on a Fallkniven by Noss of Knifetests.com and he was certainly impressed by the laminated VG-10 and how well it held up under heavy abuse.....
 
Oh, you just had to bump the 15 month old thread didn't you. Thread necromancy for the win.
 
XanRa said:
^ditto

Now adding to the discussion-
(even if it's long dead)


Wasn't the original run of the gerber mkii L6?(before they switched to 440c)
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From 1966-1981 that was their steel, in 1981 they introduced 440C and then in 1997 then dropped 440C and started using 440A. Go from a terrific steel to good steel, to pot metal. Bummer.
 
thismachineworks said:
I watched a destruction test on a Fallkniven by Noss of Knifetests.com and he was certainly impressed by the laminated VG-10 and how well it held up under heavy abuse.....
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Not only is he Noss of knifetest.com, he's also noss4 of bladeforums.com. And even if the masked one finds a knife to be tough, others can have different opinions. I have more faith in L6, S7, and 5160 when it comes to knives doing unknifely acts even though Noss once broke a knife made of 5160 from one of my favorite makers (there are about 30-40 favorites).
 
Jeeez i got a few posts into this thread and about flipped my lid when i saw cliff stamp had posted, never would i have dreamed someone would necro a thread this old. I used to email cliff to ask him knife questions when i was but a young knife grass hopper opinionated but i still wish he was around.
 
I've been wondering why no one seems to bring up 5160 in these fixed blade toughness threads. I thought it was seen as a go-to steel for toughness, especially when heat-treated with that in mind.
 
Since there's been a thread necro trend lately, I'll toss ELMAX into the game. I hear great things about it.
 
jeffphansen77 said:
I've been wondering why no one seems to bring up 5160 in these fixed blade toughness threads. I thought it was seen as a go-to steel for toughness, especially when heat-treated with that in mind.
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Same reason no one really talks that much about 1095 its not a new super steel so it deosnt get (enough) play
 
True. But it's still THE go-to steel for an outdoor fixed blade. It's a victim of it's own success. It does too much too well & for not enough money.
 
thombrogan said:
Not only is he Noss of knifetest.com, he's also noss4 of bladeforums.com. And even if the masked one finds a knife to be tough, others can have different opinions. I have more faith in L6, S7, and 5160 when it comes to knives doing unknifely acts even though Noss once broke a knife made of 5160 from one of my favorite makers (there are about 30-40 favorites).
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Thats a fair comment, I have an F1 that I have taken on a few tours with me and its served me very very well in the field.... it holds a great edge..... I just ordered a Scarpivore in SR101 as a back up blade to bury in my kit and I am looking forward to testing her out as I have no experience of this steel up to now!
 
Your initial question was which steel is the toughest? right answer is s7, why you think its called a shock steel? to take beatings till its oinking but as a knife u gotta look up for other aspects like flexibility, edge retention, rust resistance and others, INFI and SR-101 are on my top 2 steels on the market
 
angi said:
Your initial question was which steel is the toughest? right answer is s7, why you think its called a shock steel? to take beatings till its oinking but as a knife u gotta look up for other aspects like flexibility, edge retention, rust resistance and others, INFI and SR-101 are on my top 2 steels on the market
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You do realize the op was made in May of 2004 and the member's last activity was 13 months ago, don't you?
 
This thread has to be close to some sort of record for most times resurrected. :rolleyes:
 
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