You know, I just realized something that Dan said about 1095. He DID allude to the fact is is a good steel, but that it couldn't match the three fold "Edge Holding, Impact Resistance, and Lateral Strength" of SR101 at any SINGLE HARDNESS (through tempering as one Rockwell C scale level.
COULD this mean (If they DO have 9 tons of 1095) that we may, at least on a limited basis see a return to Differential hardening of "Kin" blades? An interesting concept.