Which steel for Spyderco Resilience?

[The_Iron_Joe]

So, I've decided to experiment with making knives, and for folding knife practice I want to make a replacement blade for my Resilience. I am working on fixed blades already, this is more of a side project.

I'd like to make it out of something other than S30V or vg10, I have lots of knives with those steels.

I'd like to make it out of D2 or M390 if I can get some, but that's just me.

What steel do you guys think I should use?

 

[grownstar]

M4
O1
Elmax

 

[The Mastiff]

D2 @ rc 62
CPM 154 @ rc 62
M390 @ whatever you can run it at. I've heard the heat and temper is more difficult and cryo is needed for performance. Elmax is worse to make it go fast.

If you send it out no problem. That also opens it up to non air cooling steels.

I recently got a CPM Cruwear custom and a 4V custom both run thin and at rc 63. Both are tough, moderately wear resistant ( compared to true super steels in the A11/S110V class) Good stuff.

 

[The_Iron_Joe]

4V and Cruwear sound interesting, I was already considering 3V for a fixed blade... good info on M390, thanks. I might wait for a friction folder to use O1.

 

[jkpq45]

...I want to make a replacement blade for my Resilience... What steel do you guys think I should use?

Any progress on this project? I would love at least one replacement blade for my Resilience. D2 would be fun, second the vote for O1 and I think a nice 1095 blade would be great as well.

 

[The_Iron_Joe]

Not yet unfortunately, most of my time has gone to other projects, plus college... I'll update this thread if I manage to get something made.

 

[singularity35]

I always said 52100 on the value line would be awesome...