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What steel does HI use? I'm assuming the Kabar would be 1095.


They use salvage leaf springs I believe from India. The first choice is Mercedes Benze then Saab then Japanese springs. So it's the European/Japanese equivalent to 5160.




Here is a link

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/kami.html#leaf_spring_steel


JYD#14 Do you need one, of course you do it's a knife and you like knives.....