Weird steels in blades

B

Bakwa

Joined
Aug 27, 2018
Messages
24
I was looking at some Russian blades and realized that the steels on most of them were either 50x14 MF or 95x18. I'm not familiar with these steels as they don't seem to be common in most American blades. I almost suspect that these are cheap tool steels, and that these knives are fetching a premium merely because they are Russian made. Looking for someone to enlighten me on this one.
Cheers
 
They(can't remember brand) compare one of their steels to bg42 which is not even close when compared on the elements chart ,but they have some great etchings on their blades , they do have some beautiful hunters that's for sure
 
They are different names for steels we use here. They even have a different name for d2 that looks strange too.
 
BITEME said:
They(can't remember brand) compare one of their steels to bg42 which is not even close when compared on the elements chart ,but they have some great etchings on their blades , they do have some beautiful hunters that's for sure
Click to expand...

Indeed they do.
AIR Zlatoust is their name.
I've been looking at their Kukri as well as their Korsar. Aesthetically they look great, but I'm not sure I can bring myself to spend $130+ if they aren't using quality materials.
 
I’m evaluating a Russian folder by Nazarov, the Stork 2, in the mysteriously named... Elmax. ;)

Next to a 710 for scale:

O9N5z77.jpg

:cool:
 
Oh, and you can look at the Manly brand, from Bulgaria. They use some CPM steels, and an Austrian version also use the German term of for D2 which is to all intents and purposes identical. It has the catchy name of “1.2379”. Just trips off the tongue, eh? :D

Great knives, however. :thumbsup:

[edited for truth ;)]
 
Last edited:
Pilsner said:
Oh, and you can look at the Manly brand, from Bulgaria. They use some CPM steels, and an Austrian version of D2 which is to all intents and purposes identical. It has the catchy name of “1.2379”. Just trips off the tongue, eh? :D

Great knives, however. :thumbsup:
Click to expand...
That's the German designation for D2.
 
Pilsner said:
Oh, and you can look at the Manly brand, from Bulgaria. They use some CPM steels, and an Austrian version of D2 which is to all intents and purposes identical. It has the catchy name of “1.2379”. Just trips off the tongue, eh? :D

Great knives, however. :thumbsup:
Click to expand...

Just checked them out. They look pretty nice, and there's no shortage of glowing Eastern and Northern European reviews on the internet for them.
 
Bakwa said:
I was looking at some Russian blades and realized that the steels on most of them were either 50x14 MF or 95x18. I'm not familiar with these steels as they don't seem to be common in most American blades. I almost suspect that these are cheap tool steels, and that these knives are fetching a premium merely because they are Russian made. Looking for someone to enlighten me on this one.
Cheers
Click to expand...

Download the zknives ap on your smartphone and you can enter the name of the Russian steel. It will tell you if it is another name for a steel you may already know.

Lots of times the exact same steel will go by 30 different names.
 
Lapedog said:
Download the zknives ap on your smartphone and you can enter the name of the Russian steel. It will tell you if it is another name for a steel you may already know.

Lots of times the exact same steel will go by 30 different names.
Click to expand...

Good to know.
Thanks!
 
Pilsner said:
They are excellent.
Click to expand...

So after doing roughly 2hrs of research, I dove in and bought one of their Patriots and one of their Comrades. All for the price I would have paid for gambling on a single Russian blade.

And the knife collection continues to grow. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top