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 Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 03:00 PM
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If SYKCO or any of the Busse Knife Group were to make a stainless steel knife (which is not likely), which stainless steel would you prefer?
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 03:19 PM
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james_bond
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My Endura is AUS-6 and love it, much so that is my vote (it is a stainless right?)
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 03:25 PM
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AUS-6 seems to work well for me, too. My SOG SEAL Pup and SEAL 2000 are made of it. It sharpens easily and seems tough and corrosion resistant.
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 03:39 PM
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S30V is my current pocket knife fav. The edge holding is just superb and it requires very little maintenance. In pocket knifes AUS-6/AUS-8/ATS-34 have all worked fine for me. I have perhaps an irrational distrust of large stainless steel blades based on the bad experiences others have had. My hypothesis is that for stainless steel to hold a really good edge requires it to be hardened to the point that much toughness is lost and the knife becomes brittle. I have no scientific data to prove this, and as I said, it may just be irrational based on spurious observations. So no one should get their panties in a wad, k? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 03:40 PM
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 03:56 PM
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 04:29 PM
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 05:22 PM
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Bors
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All the steels mentioned are good the list of stainless steels is long however I wonder what Stainless Steels Dan has tried there heat treating protocal on. If he did experiment I wonder what the results were?
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 05:25 PM
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I've had knives in both S30V and VG10 and I put them both up there as the top stainless steels. The only pocket knife in stainless I have left is S30V, Strider AR, but I want to eventually get another Al Mar SERE 2000. I was seriously impressed with its performance.
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07/29/07 05:33 PM
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 05:43 PM
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Bors
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I just rotated in an old favorite a second generation Spyderco Military CPM440V. It's been a good knife over the years.
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Re: Favorite Stainless Steel
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07/29/07 05:49 PM
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For a folder, I have been really happy with the VG10 on my spydercos. I did find that it prefers a slightly toothier finish instead of a mirror finish when sharpening though. For large blades, as much as it isn't a true stainless, Infi has been serving me quite well despite being sweated on , rained on and used hard! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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