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As for 50-100B or "Carbon V", I could certainly go for a Swamp Rat in that steel. That steel has a great combination of hardness and toughness. With Jerry's heat treat, it would be even better. Those old Cold Steels and Beckers were among my first "high performance" knives, and I still use them.

A big +1 to that.

That's why I'm having my Texas Pig Sticker made out of that excellent old 0170-6C Becker BK6 blank that already has the Camillus heat treat on it.

For those of you here who may not know, 0170-6C is the same steel as 50-100B, "Carbon V", and Cases CV. Supposedly, Jerry bought a big batch of 0170-6C at the Camillus bankruptcy auction. Let's hope he slaps some Res-C on the end of some of it and cranks out some knives with it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crossfingers.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crossfingers.gif" alt="" />


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