Titanium for a blade?

Which knives? Good for what? I know it seems like I'm busting your chops but any details you can add will only help you get your answers quicker. :)
 
The two I had were awful for edge retention. Last one was a custom neck knife that was noticeably dull after cutting up one small box - I just laughed and called to ask for a refund. If it's a never use it until you absolutely need it knife - it would be ok
 
Titanium can't be hardened nearly as much as steel can, with the high end being like mid-40's or low-50's. I guess if you work around a lot of bombs it would be great, but otherwise I would say steel is a lot better.
 
Ti knives are generally used for diving as they have good rust resistance and make for good pry bars via low RC. A carbadized edge greatly increases edge retention and what most people do for their Ti knives
 
I have two Mission Knives skeletal handle titanium neckers that work fine for kitchen utilities and rarely need touching up.
 
I have a Boker Cera Titan chef knife that I use in the kitchen. It holds an edge much longer than my steel knives and can be put away wet. The only drawback, it won't stick to a magnetic rack.
 
I wouldn't recommend titanium knives, although yes titanium is very strong and has excellent corrosion resistance but the truth is that it would simply not hold an edge well unless supplementing it with larger amounts of other steels. I know that places like Medieval Times fabricates their swords out of titanium, not because of it's superiority but due to the fact titanium will not break and fling pieces of metal when struck against another hard object like using steel swords would.
 
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I have this Slug Dashi that’s made of titanium. I use it to open letters and boxes, I don’t know how it would hold up to more hard work. But i have not needed to sharpen it since I got it.
 
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