You’re all right.

Using the quality steels that come around to make knives appropriate for that steel IS the definition of a knife company with the name Scrap Yard.

But read the introduction to the site:

“He used a lot of 5160, A-2, D-2, 0-1, and other popular steels of the time until he stumbled upon S-7 shock steel. He simply could not get over the toughness of this steel and finally settled on this grade for his big fixed blades that would be called upon to stand up to ridiculous amounts of abuse and hard use. His love affair with spring and shock steels began way back then and has continued through to this day. “

Whether Scrap Yard makes another SR-77 knife or not, it’s the founding steel of the company, the Grandaddy that sits at the head of the table. Some respect is owed.