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Anyone know how good this steel is and what other more common steels its similar to? Interested in the CRKT Hisshou.
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YK-30 steel?
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It's sort of the equivalent of AISI O-2. It should be a good steel. It's considered an alloy steel , oil hardening, cold work ( meaning not a high speed steel). Pretty close to 1095 in wear resistance.