Worth Collecting ZDP-189 Knives?

Idk, I don't keep track of who gets what from where and history of who made what and where.

I just love steel.

brownshoe said:
My W&H is clad with stainless, but I have had no corrosion problems on the 1/4 of exposed ZDP. It's designed for outdoor use (Tracker pattern) It gets a fair amount of use, enough that it needed repair due to the button lock spring.

Mike Stewart once said when he participated in Knifeforums that ZDP is Japanese distributed only and implied the W&H blades were Japanese made. W&H had blades made in Japan by Moki, but they were upfront about it and used a different logo. I don't believe him.
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ZDP is cool, it’s really a unique approach to high wear resistance (chromium carbide only) and was designed specifically for knives.

For a slicer, hard to beat...for anything else, easy to beat! Its crazy to think that without PM manufacturing, ZDP would be more akin to a cast iron than a steel because of the carbon content.

I went back and forth between ZDP and HAP40 in choosing a gyuto, eventually went HAP because of my fear of chipping ZDP.
 
I wonder how it compares with Cruwear or Maxamet or M4? Any thoughts?
 
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