Re:The companies that bring us knife steel
by axaxs on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:07AM
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My favorite knife is a Kershaw Blur, which uses S30V from Crucible. It is not, however, easy to sharpen. Nowadays at least, most of the easy to sharpen Kershaws are made from cheaper Chinese solutions, which are not as hard but definitely easy to sharpen.
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Re:The companies that bring us knife steel
by selykg on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:05PM
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Yea, easy to sharpen steels are like AUS-8 and 8CR and other cheap Chinese steels.
Kershaw's lower end line are often full of really cheap Chinese steels. Same with CRKT.
I've taken a "buy good knives" stance. My favorite is definitely not cheap, but it gets a ton of carry time. I'd also hate myself if I lost it lol
But if you're the type to carry a knife, a good knife goes a long way and getting a knife steel on it that can last is also a good way to go. Modern super steels are insane.
Steels with significant amounts of vanadium carbide like S30V should be sharpened with diamond abrasives, as the carbides are harder than most natural stones. They will still take longer to sharpen than less wear-resistant steels, of course, but it should eliminate the difficulty in actually producing a sharp edge.