Steels You Wish Were More Ubiquitous?

Razor said:
BG-42 is a heck of a good steel. Sebenza's were a great knife when they used that steel.
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And wow, does it take a sharp edge! I haven’t tried it’s replacement: CTS-B75P Because it doesn’t seem to be widely used either.
 
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Meh ... I'm happy with/well served by what is available in/on my slipjoints.
However, in answer to your question: 5160 and 1095.
I'd like to see more slipjoints with carbon steel blades.
 
This is going to sound weird but I want more 10XX carbon steels in folders. I would love a Delica in 1055 or a Benchmade 710 in 1095. Something about a blade evolving and darkening over time that really makes it special.
 
afishhunter said:
Meh ... I'm happy with/well served by what is available in/on my slipjoints.
However, in answer to your question: 5160 and 1095.
I'd like to see more slipjoints with carbon steel blades.
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Don’t most slipjoint makers offer carbon steel blades?
 
Larrin said:
Don’t most slipjoint makers offer carbon steel blades?
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Some do, GEC, and Case, for example. However, they are both far out of my price range.
Buck and a few others don't.
Only brand with carbon steel blades I can (sometimes) afford is Rough Rider, and they don't make a lot of patterns with it.
 
Honesty I really think you can't beat the quality/price of the Sandvik linup, 14c28 can reach high hardness, holds an edge and sharpens easily.
But thbh it's already quite used :)

You can definitely say this still was created with knife applications in mind
 
afishhunter said:
Some do, GEC, and Case, for example. However, they are both far out of my price range.
Buck and a few others don't.
Only brand with carbon steel blades I can (sometimes) afford is Rough Rider, and they don't make a lot of patterns with it.
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Boker makes many with Carbon blades
 
PirateSeulb said:
Boker makes many with Carbon blades
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Very true. I've only seen them in their "Tree Brand" though, which cost (on average) more than a Case, so they are unfortunately, out of my price range. :(

I remember back in school, one of my "rich" classmates (ok ... ok, his daddy (or mummy) was "rich", he wasn't, at least not in 3rd grade) had a Boker Tree Brand Stockman.
A beautiful knife. Much nicer than the Camillus "Demo" knife I had at the time.
 
I'll let the guys at the knife manufacturer figure out what steel to use. That said, I've been a long time fan of VG-10, but my current EDC is M4.
 
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