Yup. If you go to Scrapyard's front page, somewhere it mentions Mr. Busse's fondness for "shock steel", to which family S7 belongs. An unusual choice for knives. It won't hold an edge as well as harder steels, hence why folks in the channel are saying that this other maker's product outdoes it in cutting performance. But it is certainly sharp enough to get the job done and has the advantage that your Scrapper is basically unbreakable under both normal and extreme conditions, up to and including some deliberate abuses like chopping concrete or batoning through mild steel. If it breaks (excluding deliberate abuse), it was a flaw in the material, hence why the company is happy to replace it. As far as Knives To Which You Will Do Bad Things, S7 seems well suited.