Steel Snob

[ThePeacent]

Around 25 with AUS8
14 with H1
12 with 8Cr13MoV
5 with CTS-XHP
4 with 420HC
(if we include multitool blades like Gerber and LM that makes 38) 21 with Victorinox steel
8 with 1095
4 with 5160
1 with VG10
3 with CG1
1 with BD1
2 with Krupp 4116
3 with 440A
2 with AN58

the rest are unknown steel

 

[highestpoint]

I have been extremely curious about trying some INFI steel just haven't bit the bullet since 95% of my knives are folders

 

[Ruso]

I like variety in my steels. But the most I have must be AS (Blue Super).

 

[craytab]

S35vn and 1095. Lot of Spartan and Esee.

 

[JupiterPaladin]

Whatever Victorinox uses. I don't know what it is nor do I care because it just plain works.

I believe it's DIN 1.4110 stainless, German blend IIRC. Same here I have 9 total Victorinox knives making that the winner. Sharpens easy and can take a wicked edge! I can push cut phone paper on that 1.4110 steel!

 

[JJ_Colt45]

I guess without counting if you would lump the non stainless steels as one ... 1095 - 01 - A2 - 5160 - 52100 those would probably edge out the stainless steels in total ...
of the stainless just a guess would be S35VN between CRK - ZT - Hinderer ... then a mix of everything from AUS8 to M390 and 3V

 

[unwisefool]

I have been extremely curious about trying some INFI steel just haven't bit the bullet since 95% of my knives are folders

Take a look at the exchange and find a busse in INFI that would suit most of your fixed blade needs and try it out. Also might want to take a look at Busse's SR-101, it's a good steel at a much more palatable price!

 

[LukeTheSpook]

3V followed by 1095CV.

After that its a mix of O1, A2, 10V, M4, 1055 (Kabar), some Scandinavian stuff. I have plenty of others but 3V by far.

 

[SpySmasher]

One of the interesting things about this thread is how you can often tell what kinds, or even brands, of knives people collect just from the steel.

 

[Aias]

Infi for fixed; GEC's 1095 for folding

 

[highestpoint]

One of the interesting things about this thread is how you can often tell what kinds, or even brands, of knives people collect just from the steel.

That's some of the reasoning behind it.

 

[ridnovir]

Most of my knives are M390 and CPM3V

 

[HowAmI]

2 M390
2 204P
2 S30V

 

[_nw]

Tie between S35VN, S30V, and 1095.

 

[Salival]

Infi, zwear, something in ztuff.
Will try Keffeler's 3v.

 

[Salival]

One of the interesting things about this thread is how you can often tell what kinds, or even brands, of knives people collect just from the steel.

And what probably folks do most with their knives.

 

[lemonslush]

H1 is my favorite and most used by far, second place would be vg10 I suppose.

 

[Mo2]

i like to try different types of steel, i probably have the most in m390 and s35vn but only a few of each. the rest is spread out between many different types of steel.

im a steel snob, because time spent sharpening is a waste of life that you could be enjoying. so if i just have to sharpen m390 once in a while vs 8cr13mov which i have to sharpen every other day, that makes me happy.

 

[Skrapmetal]

Cpm3v by a large margin, most with the Delta heat treat. In the past it was INFI, before that probably A2.