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PREMIUM STEELS
M390	CTS-204P	CPM-20CV
CPM-M4	CPM-S90V	CPM-S110V
Elmax
HIGH-END STEELS
CPM-154	CPM-3V	CPM-4V
CPM-S30V	CPM-S35VN	CTS-XHP
LC200N
MID-RANGE STEELS
1095	154CM	A2
D2	H1	O1
N690	VG-10
BUDGET STEELS
400 Series	AUS-8	CTS-BD1
Sandvik Series	SEE MORE>
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I'm not him, I'm OP. Esee knives are very well respected because of their consistent heat treating (done by Rowen) that allows your knife to take extreme abuse with the 1095 type steel. If your knife breaks, you can send it back to them and they will send you a free one.

Now you also have the choice of higher grade steel like the s35vn. You gain stainless and corrosion resistance and edge retention, but you can't beat on it nearly as much since it doesn't flex well
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https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/10/19/knife-steels-rated-by-a-metallurgist-toughness-edge-retention-and-corrosion-resistance/

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>>51546664
>420HC
>420HC/440C
probably 80% of the commercial hand knives in use today are in 420/440 (including surgical blades), it's just fine.
In terms of performance it's better than 1095 if not as tough at the same hardness, and it's stainless. These steels were used specifically to fill the gap between Ol' Reliable high carbons and modern knife production for modern customers and they were a runaway hit, for good reason. these days steel has moved on, and so have customers, so there are loads of fancier/better steels to jerk your dick over, but I guarantee you that if you ate in a restaurant in the last year, some of your food was cut up by a plain jane stainless knife and Pedro wasn't bitching about it
>>51546011
Nothing. Buck pushes it as far as it can go, Buck's 420HC was effectively the first consumer-grade "supersteel" and it's still fine. I prize my bucks because I can buff them up to shaving sharp in a couple of minutes (and Buck always made superior hollow ground cutters) and strop on my jeans, my D2 and s30v blades range from 'chore' to 'pain in the dick'
If you have a choice, pick a better grade of steel, but it is absolutely not a make or break unless you have specific reqs
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Buck steel beats trendy soopersteels all day long, working men buy them and use them, faggota elites buy uncommon knife steels for the clout points on insta and never cut an inch
https://youtu.be/2IlCp4Zn21E
https://boards.4channel.org/g/thread/88434632#p88435368
[Magnacut] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC6NV084qlg&t=593s

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https://boards.4channel.org/out/thread/2469557
>>2473362
Read the descriptions about those memesteel knives they made. They don’t offer a warranty on them and they don’t recommend using them as /out/ knives like their 1095 steel stuff. The supersteel knives were 100% made for collectors, not users. They know what they’re doing with the 1095 stuff
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Anonymous 08/07/23(Mon)13:52:06 No.59174415▶>>59174636
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>>59151822
>I'm not interested in vanadium as a hardening material, but as something which prevents the formation of larger crystals, resulting in a stronger/tougher blade. I think small amounts thus could produce the desired outcome without compromising toughness.

You should really look into heat treatment as a field of science, you can get wildly different properties for the same material by heat treatment and cooling. It goes way deeper than people think.

Also, if you want something ridiculously tough and hard, try finding a slab of Hardox, they make the spikes in excavator buckets from stuff like this and even when ground against stone with tons of pressure, it lasts very long.

It's not always a good feature though, generic angle grinders barely take off any material. Imagine trying to sharpen this by hand. Pic related, a material wear comparison.

https://www.ssab.com/en/brands-and-products/hardox
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