Thursday, March 1, 2012

Common Knife Makers And The Steel They Use

Here is a list of popular knife makers and the types of steel the use in they knives. This is far from an exhaustive list of knife makers. It is just the names I see the most often here in the US. It should also be noted that these were just the steels that I could find listed on their web sites. Manufacturers are sometimes secretive about this stuff, so I could have missed something.

Buck
S30v, 420HC, 154cm

Case
BG-42, Chrome Vanadium, Surgical Stainless, Damascus, 154cm

Benchmade
D2, 440c, n680, 154cm, S30v, CPM-4, M390, N690, X15-TN, AUS-8, 9Cr13CoMoV, 8Cr14MoV, Damascus

Puma
440C (with their own proprietary enhancements)

Mora
12c27, UHB-20c (same as 1095), Triflex, Laminated

Gerber
Too many to name ranging from very poor to great. Research knives from this company carefully.

Victorinox
X50CrMo

Spiderco
Too many to name ranging from good to excellent. Research knives from this company carefully.

Sharade
7Cr17, 3CrMo, 1070

Cold Steel
VG-1, 4116, 1055, SK-5, AUS-8a

Ka-Bar
1095, 1085

Opinel
XC90, 12c27M

SOG
Too many to name ranging from very poor to great. Research knives from this company carefully.

Now, what do all these letters and number mean? Stay tuned.....





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