The BEST knife steel

Folders: I want to say ZDP-189 because of how ridiculously sharp I can get it but overall I'd have to say S30V and VG-10 a close 2nd.

Fixed: 1095
 
I've already posted my choices..I just found a Shallot pe in 110v....

have to see how it stands up against s90v.
 
clockman said:
I've already posted my choices..I just found a Shallot pe in 110v....

have to see how it stands up against s90v.
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JINKIES!!!!!

I also saw what Shawn was making (he posted it in his Forum, Chuck!) WoW indeed

Keep it going fellow forumites!

Ron
 
Hmm well I'm mainly a folder guy. I have all sorts of the newer super steels but out of the ones that I've actually used enough to form a valid opinion I would say my top 3 are CPM-M4, 154 cm, and CPM-D2

I haven't tested many of the tougher fixed blade steels but for my uses 0-1 seems to work quite well.
 
I likes me some S30V and S90V inna folder and high carbon bashed with a hammer and differentially tempered in the fixed blades. ;)
 
I could have 1084 or 1095, properly heat treated for the purpose, in any knife and be perfectly happy.
 
SpartanSaint said:
that is why you carbidize the edge =) impregnate the ti with super hard carbides on one side, and the other wears so that there is always a sharp edge exposed
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Who makes knives like that? And is it readily available for purchase?

Also, even if Titanium Carbide is super hard, isn't it also ridiculously brittle? Kind of like ceramics yes?

I'd also be curious to know how fine of an edge it can take.
 
Man, give it up...... steel rules supreme. If titanium was suitable for making blades they would have flooded the market with ti knives long ago.

SpartanSaint said:
that is why you carbidize the edge =) impregnate the ti with super hard carbides on one side, and the other wears so that there is always a sharp edge exposed
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Warren Thomas uses this technique almost exclusively. However, I consider the one I have nothing more than a letter opener on steroids (on carbides, actually). Besides the edge-holding issue, there is also the fact that the blade will not handle lateral forces like a steel one would.

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LorenzoL said:
Warren Thomas uses this technique almost exclusively. However, I consider the one I have nothing more than a letter opener on steroids (on carbides, actually). Besides the edge-holding issue, there is also the fact that the blade will not handle lateral forces like a steel one would.

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Beautiful. I take it kitchen work is out of the question?

While I like knives, I see little point in a knife you won't(or can't) use.
 
This may be a stupid question, but why does everyone have a different favorite for folders than fixed? I don't pay a lot of attention to folders, but I'm wondering why, for example, if you love cpm 154 so much in your folders, then why wouldn't you want to get something like one of the bark rivers in that same steel for your fixed blades?
 
Kirk_Ferentz said:
This may be a stupid question, but why does everyone have a different favorite for folders than fixed? I don't pay a lot of attention to folders, but I'm wondering why, for example, if you love cpm 154 so much in your folders, then why wouldn't you want to get something like one of the bark rivers in that same steel for your fixed blades?
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a lot of people prefer carbon steels, but it becomes too much of a hassle to keep the blades rust free around the pivot area in folders, so they prefer stainless steels for folders usually.
 
That, and also the fact that a folder is used more for slicing stuff and a FB for harder use like chopping.
 
misterjuiceman said:
a lot of people prefer carbon steels, but it becomes too much of a hassle to keep the blades rust free around the pivot area in folders, so they prefer stainless steels for folders usually.
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Makes sense, but none of you CPM 154-o-philes like something like a bravo 1 in that steel?
 
Big Mike said:
Come on, the Bravo-1 in that steel is SAVAGE!


A hard use, low corrosion blade if there ever there was one. :thumbup:




Big Mike
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Yeah, if I had to replace my big chopper right now, I would consider the Bravo 2 in that steel, and I am not even a CPM 154-o-phile. I suppose some day we will all use super stainless steels that out-perform the carbons without their corrosion issues.
 
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