Dogs,

I resurrected the thread "scrap yard questions". please read my last post in it. it will awnser some questions.
5200 B is 1095 on steriods. i have read that the chrome and vanadium allow for finer grain size and better performance. it is the same still as kabar's 1095crovan which they claim has better edge retention than 1095
case also uses the steel in their chromiun vanadium carbon folders.
If heat treated well it can be very tough