what metal did the old CKRT K.I.S.S. knives use?

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on one of my other discussion forums, i started a knife discussion thread, one of the posters said he has a CKRT K.I.S.S., about 5 years old, i was curious if anyone knew what bladesteel they used back then, i know the new models are 420J2:thumbdn: :rolleyes: now

is there a way of telling the older knives from the newer ones?
 
Old ones were AUS-6.

Unfortuneatly CRKT does not mark their blades by steel content (lazy bastards), so I'm not sure there is ANY good way to tell whether a given model is an old, almost half decent AUS-6 or a new complete crap 420J2 or AUS-4.
 
I think it was AUS-4, but not sure. I have two of them and they are some of my favorite fixed blades. Great little knife for the price.
Wade
 
There is a way.
grab the box, inside there is a mini product catalog. whatever it says in there, it is.
 
I'm looking at an old AG Russell advertisement from about 1999 for the Stiff KISS and the steel is listed as AUS6M. I have a similarly-aged advertisement for a folding KISS and the steel isn't listed. I think it was AUS-6 too though.

I don't think CRKT started using AUS-4 until recently.

-Bob
 
my KISS has 5510 written on it, isnt that the steel used on it. is written on the other side next to ed halligan, 5510 Taiwan.
and it rusts like carbon steel so it should be 5510 :D
marcus
 
marcuswong said:
my KISS has 5510 written on it, isnt that the steel used on it. is written on the other side next to ed halligan, 5510 Taiwan.
and it rusts like carbon steel so it should be 5510 :D
marcus
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5510 is the model number, I think.

It's rusting because it is

A) crappy stainless steel

B) with a less than world class heat treat.
 
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