This maybe a rookie question, but does anyone know the difference between the two? 5160 and s7

Justin made the below comment on Knifeforum:

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The S7 strength will be more noticable when you get into big blades and doing a ton of heavy chopping. S7 is extreamly tough and will take the beating like nobodies business. The 5160 can take a great beating but will chip before the S7 will. Other than that the are pretty close in terms of performance. Hope that helps.

That sounds about right.

They are very close in performance and I would say that Justin " nailed it" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />.Both are GREAT steels. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />