Whatever it is, I hope it's a quality budget knife, in the spirit of traditional Scrapyard affordability.

I'm afraid that Dan's hints haven't given much away. Here is the analysis of what's been posted so far.

"The steel is different and found during a dumpster dive"
- So it's not the usual SR 101, not A2 and probably hasn't been used before. The steel was bought by Jerry at auction and forgotten until Dan found it. A hint about the steel is contained in a post written by a Jerry Busse (Boss Hog) fan.

"Contains C"
- Could reference handle or blade material, or maybe Vitamin C.

"It lacks coloris aurei palpates"
- It's not orange handled Res-C.

So Dan, how about some more hints. A theme, perhaps? Bushcraft or Chopper, Steak Knife or Dagger? What is it?