Cobalt
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Shoot, I carry my WTF BG that way. I guess there is plenty of room in Kevin Arnold's crotch!
ROTFLMAO
I just figured it out, my pants are just to tight for that:

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Shoot, I carry my WTF BG that way. I guess there is plenty of room in Kevin Arnold's crotch!
Take any Asym grind Straight handled Battle Mistress, or Basic #9, do any of the old Head to Head specific cutting tests with any of the Non INFI knives, side by side and then you will know.
Clean soft materials, New Rope, pine boards, standing live wood.
Where the other steels do better is pretty specific, Gritty materials such as sod, cardboard Cement blocks, even the straight up chopping of mild steel rods.
Also, once you do manage to dull the Asymmetrically ground knives, the effort needed to bring back to a good working edge is as simple as a few passes away from the spine (stropping) with a ceramic rod.
18 years, nothing compares well so far.
Agreed. There is one that beats it for chopping. But it is rare even within it's own kind and most people don't know they even have it when they do. It is also from that time frame
I bet it's the ergo blades that were hardened to 60-62rc.
I'm thinking early SHBM at 62 RC.
Who can hook me up? (OTOH, maybe my former Cobalt knife qualifies?)
I know there were 5/16" thick SHSHIIs, so maybe that is it?Agreed. There is one that beats it for chopping. But it is rare even within it's own kind and most people don't know they even have it when they do. It is also from that time frame
I bet it's the ergo blades that were hardened to 60-62rc.