What would you guy pick among XHP, ELMAX and CPM154 and why?

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I heard that they are have very similar properties. Are there any different among them? and which would be the best for 3.8 inches blade.
 
Go to testing in here in the forums. Ankerson has done a huge load of testing. I believe he has found the Elmax to be the best overall. It can take a high hardness without chiping out and grinds and finishes very well. Frank
 
Elmax is the toughest of the 3 while retaining amazing edge retention, the one that out performs it in edge retention is CTS-XHP but it is no where near as tough

Elmax rolls when it reachs its failure point where as CPM-154 chips (cut 3 layers of 2 ply cardboard that was dirty with a CPM-154 blur and my ZT 560, the 560 had a small roll i stropped out on bare leather and green compound where as the blur had 3 nast little chips that i had to sharpen out which took forever)

then again the 560 has more metal behind the edge with a 40 degree inclusive grind where the blur is more like 30 degrees with a hollow grind so less behind the edge, i still say elmax wins though IMO
 
As a maker, I'd choose CPM-154, simply because I can actually get it. Elmax and especially CTS-XHP are kind of hard to find. :(

For pure performance, Elmax for toughness and XHP for holding an edge the longest. All three are great steels, though. CPM-154 is nothing to sneeze at.
 
Not real big on stainless, but I do like CPM-154. I haven't tried Elmax or CTS-XHP, so no opinion on them. I have tried ones like S30V and a few others. From my point of view, CPM 154 has the best all around performance, it holds a good edge, is tough, and is fairly easy to sharpen.
 
Will52100 said:
Not real big on stainless, but I do like CPM-154. I haven't tried Elmax or CTS-XHP, so no opinion on them. I have tried ones like S30V and a few others. From my point of view, CPM 154 has the best all around performance, it holds a good edge, is tough, and is fairly easy to sharpen.
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Then, methinks you really should try the Elmax.
 
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