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Permalink Reply by Nick Hansen on May 7, 2009 at 1:52

I like S30V. Great steel, never had any problems with it, just keep the blade honed.

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Permalink Reply by Alden Rowe on May 7, 2009 at 15:51

I would have to go with Infi.

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Permalink Reply by Ian McEntee on May 7, 2009 at 22:23

I don't have much hands on experience with different steels at this point, but my experiences with 440HC and 1095 have been good. I like the 440HC for my EDC folder cause it doesn't seem to require much maintenance. Touch up the edge every month or so, and I don't have to worry about it rusting under the type of use I put it through. For batoning and other camp/bushcrafting uses the 1095 seems to work great. Haven't had to do much to my KA-BAR since I bought it about a year ago. Couple of small touch ups and it still seems to be as good as out of the box.

Like I said though, I don't have much experience with different steels at this point, so maybe as time goes on I'll find stuff that works better, but for now, what I've got works quite well.

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Permalink Reply by Salvatore V. on May 7, 2009 at 23:41

Man, you guys are overlooking the BEST steel. I speak of course, of Pig iron.

Ah yeah, good times. 3.5 carbon content makes the steel nice and brittle, and barely workable.

:D :D :D

Okay, seriously, couldn't do that with a straight face.

I think... Well, I am quite partial to VG-1. Good edge retention and rust resistance, and I don't have any knives made of INFI or S30 V! So I'll stick with what I've got.

Sal

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Permalink Reply by Anthony (ChanceToFade) on May 9, 2009 at 15:42

VG10, its the best steel I currently own, and it edge is holding up very well

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Nick Arsenault on May 10, 2009 at 18:33

i found this page on blade steel i thougt would be usefull...

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifebladematerials.html

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Permalink Reply by Jake Weller on May 11, 2009 at 16:57

im going to have to go with infi

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Permalink Reply by Tom Cai on May 12, 2009 at 18:59

WOOT PIG IRON!!! :D :D

Or you could just go with 15V which has like 3.4 Carbon and 14.5 Vanadium. :D :D :D :D

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Permalink Reply by Sam Gilbert (KunaiKnight) on May 13, 2009 at 16:21

i can't choose which i like more, s30v, vg10, or 154cm

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Permalink Reply by Frazer on June 20, 2009 at 8:22

I like VG-10 or AUS-8

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Permalink Reply by Alex Holmes on November 22, 2009 at 13:50

until recently i didnt even pay attention to blade steels, i want to check out an s30v steel knife. but for now i have a couple in aus-8 and they work well. i bought my roommate a kershaw in Sandvik 13C26 for his birthday, and he loves it. after a couple months of hard use the 13c26 is holding an edge good. but for now i like my aus-8, it holds a sharp edge and hasnt chipped away on me yet.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Holmes on November 22, 2009 at 18:58

so many of yall keep talking about s30v, so i just ordered a spyderco native in s30v. plus i ordered a cricket in vg-10. im excited they will both be my first spyderco's and my first taste of s30v and vg-10. i will report back what i think of them as soon as i get to beat on them a little.

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