Jerry never said that I did. Don't get pissy about it but strength and toughness are 2 different things when it comes to engineering and the characteristics of these steels are quite well known.

Strength is how much force a material takes before it starts to bend.

Toughness is how much it can bend before it is broken.

To actually find out what was stronger you would need to put 2 identical blades in a vise and put a torque wrench on them and see how much force needed to be applied before there was any change in the angle of the blade.

Strength and wear resistance tend to go together but when you increase those you lose toughness.

You are totally right Steelfan about the japanese having the sharpest, best cutting edges. They also tend to be harder and thinner as well which also really helps cutting but they give up a lot of toughness. The Katana had a much much better edge than a western sword and could if done with exceptional skill actually cut a western sword because it was harder ,stronger and very sharp. However if it was not a perfect strike the katana would break while the western sword would bend a bit but still be serviceable.

It is a question of priorities. The Japanese want the sharpest blades while westerners want the sharpest blades we can abuse without breaking.

While i agree that Busse are better at large blades INFI makes a fantastic bushcraft steel and I think Dan particularly is getting really into making knives that cut. The new CPM154 has tremendous potential in a thin Japanese style knife.

I have high hopes for the BirdDog and will thin mine out on the edgepro and really see how she handles. If it was not for that [censored] warranty they could make a very thin sharp blade of 154.