Steel quality and snobbism.

Gator97 said:
It really depends what one considers "dramatic". As things are today, typical RC for 1095 is around 60HRC at best. Compare that with CPM 10V at 64-65HRC, for cardboard and rope cutting, which is quite realistic choice of materials. Performance increase for both, cutting and edge holding will be few hundred %. ;)
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Wow, that's harder than woodpecker lips.

I just wanted to say "harder than woodpecker lips".
 
I pre-ordered a PM2 with CTS-204P for two reasons personally. I liked the idea of Carpenter being a US company, and I would like a knife that I do not have to sharpen as frequently. I am hoping that I could go twice as long (maybe?) before sharpening when compared to say my Tenacious with 8Cr13MoV. If not a drastic difference, oh well I have my first PM2 and only spent $30 more than a regular PM2 and about the same as a black blade or camo handle. This is a bit extreme, but I have seen pictures of guys who have sharpened a knife so much (a Skyline on here somewhere) that it looked nothing like the original knife. I use my knives a lot and if sharpening less means less material removed then that means more years of using and enjoying that knife.
 
nccole said:
I pre-ordered a PM2 with CTS-204P for two reasons personally. I liked the idea of Carpenter being a US company, and I would like a knife that I do not have to sharpen as frequently. I am hoping that I could go twice as long (maybe?) before sharpening when compared to say my Tenacious with 8Cr13MoV. If not a drastic difference, oh well I have my first PM2 and only spent $30 more than a regular PM2 and about the same as a black blade or camo handle. This is a bit extreme, but I have seen pictures of guys who have sharpened a knife so much (a Skyline on here somewhere) that it looked nothing like the original knife. I use my knives a lot and if sharpening less means less material removed then that means more years of using and enjoying that knife.
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A point I never considered,well said.
 
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