The BEST knife steel

[LaBella]

The BEST: not conjecture, or what you heard from someone else...what YOU know and believe in YOUR HEART to be the BEST knife steel.

Discuss mortals:thumbup:

 

[Ankerson]

Folders - CPM 154
Fixed - INFI

 

[dinozzo]

folders- S90V

Fixed- INFI

 

[snorkem]

Fixed- INFI
Folders s90v

 

[jbombelli]

Fixed: INFI.

Folders: CPM154.

 

[Lon Humphrey]

fixed hands down 5160
folders who cares LOL

 

[LRosi]

Cpm-m4

 

[knarfeng]

The BEST: not conjecture, or what you heard from someone else...what YOU know and believe in YOUR HEART to be the BEST knife steel.

Discuss mortals:thumbup:

LaBella, I'm surprised at you. You know darn well that this is a bogus question.

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[Techtical]

Fixed: CPM-M4 (why else would competition cutters use it so much?)
Folder: zdp-189 laminate

 

[petah]

Folders- ???
Fixed- Infi...OOPS I was following the Sheeple... W2 with a nice Hamon.

 

[Volk]

I can only speak for what I used, and had, and thats not saying much as before my arrival here I didn't care what the steel was, so I mostly used 440 or AUS8 at best. After few years here I went through about 15 knives (bought and traded), I only bought Busse, and blades in 154 and s30v.

So

Fixed - INFI
Folder - s30v

 

[clockman]

s90v..folder
cpm 4 fixed

Ron this a good thread..but you're gunna get a lot of the same responses.

 

[SteelSnob]

CPM154 with out a doubt the best all arounder IMO.

 

[Big Mike]

The BEST: not conjecture, or what you heard from someone else...what YOU know and believe in YOUR HEART to be the BEST knife steel.

Discuss mortals:thumbup:

You Mortal's can discuss this all you want, but any Devil knows there is no Best Knife Steel.


Good job stirring the caldron on this one Ron. :thumbup: :thumbup:






Heat treatment, blade geometry, and intended use might also factor into the equation.








Big Mike

 

[Razorsharp1986]

My steel preference for a folder is actually CTS-XHP. Won't hold an edge as much as S90V but def better edge holding than most steels and easy to resharpen too.
My favourite fixed blade steel has to be 1095. Many steels are tougher, can get sharper or whatnot, but 1095 seems so balanced to me, that everything else actually feels WEIRD for a fixed blade steel for me...
Thats just me though.

 

[jthomas]

Am I the only one with a fondness for Aus4?

 

[UpChUcK]

In my limited experience:

Folder: ZDP-189
Fixed: M4(?)

 

[SpartanSaint]

i love d2

 

[Gress]

Fixed: INFI or CPM3V
Folders: CTS-XHP or CPM S35VN

 

[johnwaynesandw]

Folders---S30V
Fixed---A2