This thread makes my head hurt. We all know that both steels have worked well in hard use Busse-made knives. We know that SR101 takes and holds an edge a bit better than SR77, but that the edge holding of SR77 is not bad at all. Now we know that more people who took the poll prefer SR101. I'm hoping SR101 will be the new standard steel for SYKCO. It's not like the Camp Tramps and Chopweilers are shattering all over the place.