rvogster,
agreed, i was really surprised to see the #'s compared to A2 & D2 tool steels!

i mean i saw some knife the other day with "A2 Tool Steel" all written in large obnoxious font across the Entire blade.. i mean decent steel sure.. but talk about Tacky!

whereas Dan's blades.. nothing but coating and sharp edge..
all function.. none of that slick sales pitch crap..