Victorinox Pruner knife blade material?

[looker]

Hi,

I looking to replace a Victorinox Pruner knife with something with a stouter, serated edge. One of my options is the spyderco crossbill which uses a 8Cr13MoV hawkbill style blade.

Does anyone know what type of steel is used in the Victorinox Pruner knife or how it compares to 8Cr13MoV?

Thanks.

 

[Roger999]

Victorinox uses Inox which is at 56hrc, here's a link of the metalic components, but 8cr13mov is not in that chart, but it's very similar to aus8.

 

[miro44]

As far as I know, Inox is just the Swiss term for stainless, it' s not the name of the steel.
The steel is a modified version of 12C27, I think.56RC should be correct.

 

[storyville]

Miro44 is correct -- "Inox" is an abbreviation for "inoxidable" = stainless.

Also, the steel is indeed a modified 12C27. FYI, here is a brief explanation of their steel, hardnesses, heat treat, etc., from a Victorinox rep:
http://www.pizzini.at/info_sak_engl.htm#Steelinfo

(Maybe a moderator could sticky that link as a reference?)