Thread: Show me your knives

Originally Posted by viper

@hotbarrels, it's an interesting question , I have my own thoughts on knives and materials and design.
I think of them as functional art , first and fore most they have to do what they are designed to do , CUT, but I like them to look nice too.
As for the steel choice it goes back to the function , I like a steel that holds a great edge but also that can be re-sharpened in the field without amazing tools or skills.
All knives go blunt so all knives need to be sharpened. There are some very skilled hunters with great skills for sharpening a knife but there are also plenty who have average to poor skills and need a steel they can get a result from.
High carbon steels and some stainless offer these characteristics and like you have mentioned you enjoy them as a working blade.
I don't offer the super steels and really I don't have any great interest in them as I like to make knives that work for people in the kitchen or field.
The old steels like 1075 , 1084, 1095 , 01 tool steel etc have been around many years and for good reason.
I would think there are a lot of blunt super steel knives out there that the owners will never get sharp again .

The 10xx series of steel (plus 01) are certainly up there for good using blades although lately I have been looking at the 80CRV2 (an improved 1084 with chromium and vandium in place of the O1)that has been getting very good reviews I am also a believer in the carbon steels for field use with a cryo treated NitroV stainless for kitchen use where stainless is prefered otherwise it is the 10XX series.

Originally Posted by Von Gruff Knives

The 10xx series of steel (plus 01) are certainly up there for good using blades although lately I have been looking at the 80CRV2 (an improved 1084 with chromium and vandium in place of the O1)that has been getting very good reviews I am also a believer in the carbon steels for field use with a cryo treated NitroV stainless for kitchen use where stainless is prefered otherwise it is the 10XX series.

I tend to stay away from the 10xx and instead opt for O1, I figure if you are going to go and make the effort you might as well get damn fine small carbides in the process, although recently I have got hold of some nitro v and am seeing how that works out, my goal is to get some of this new cpm Magna cut, which is the first steel since aeb-l actually made for knives (as opposed to steel made for other purposes and can also be used for knives).