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From this quote on the intro page, "... to bring a line of high performance American made blades to the market place at very affordable prices." to the mission page, "... we will keep our manufacturing costs down and our quality unmatched at an affordable price." -- keeping the price down is an integral part of Scrap Yard's company vision. Unless there are scrap piles of these "super steels" lying about, then they're not what the yard is about.
I'm with you, Jim. And it's not just about keeping costs down. How much better do cutlery alloys have to perform to beat the current range of Busse alloys at any price? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> AFAIC, if Dan and Jerry spent the rest of their days manufacturing cutlery made exclusively of SR77, SR101 and INFI, I'd be more than satisfied. And I'll bet I'm not alone in feeling that way.

I agree Bruce (and Jim), but they have already ventured into other steels besides those three. I don't know how they came about the 154CM or the D-2, etc. but those were used and used recently. I'm not saying that they should use any other steels just that I wouldn't mind if they did. There are plenty of knife makers out there using thee other super steels if one wants to try them...But if given the choice, I would rather have a SY knife made of CPM M4 (with the Busse HT) than some other brand. The fact is that there are many great steels out there and the main three that the Busses are using are 3 of the best. But, if they chose to make a special offering in some other steel, I think many would jump at such an opportunity. I know I would. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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