Junglas II is out and nicely done. I want to see a Junglas XXXL Put a 26" or 24" blade on it. 1/4 or 5/16ths thick blade. God Damn. I want an Esee Sword. **** yeah.
I haven't gone through the first 30 pages yet, but how many times has stainless versions of current models been wished for? (With tough enough steel to carry the use and abuse warranty)
440C would be a little on the fragile side. CPM154 would probably be the better of those two for this context.
Yup, I would prefer CPM154 but I've been pleased with my stainless Izulas in 440C. Thinking about picking up a standard 4 in 440C as well. Both steels take an edge pretty easy and given a good heat treat they perform pretty well, at least in my experience.
carbon steel. plain ol carbon steel. Easy to sharpen, easy to strop, easy to get a good patina on. more and more i hate all these exotic steels. carbon steel. KISS
There is nothing wrong wit plain old carbon steel, likewise there is nothing at all wrong with variety and most certainly some steels better suit tasks than others, it is also about price vs need/performance. I love me some 1095 but there are several others there that I am more taken with as well.
fair enough. I just get frustrated trying to sharpen the exotics when a few licks on a Arkansas stone bring my carbon steel knives scary sharp. case in point - that cheap pakistan bowie i bought. 1095 carbon steel, gets scary sharp, 1 minute on a stone ..... vs my old ZT boot knife in 154CM........hours and hours and hours of sharpening, just to get a "meh" edge. Canadian knifemaker George Tichbourne (RIP Good Sir, I was blessed to have spent time talking with you) used 440C stainless for all his knives......sub $100 working man knives to $1500+ custom bowies......and his knives are insanely easy to sharpen.
??????????????????? its a bloody bodged up nightmare to sharpen. dont get me started on D2 either......
Honestly CPM154 around 60 HRC is very easy to sharpen and you don't even need really crazy abrasives either. A 1k/6k King stone that sells for 20 bucks on Amazon will put a hell of a good edge on that steel in about 10 minutes. Same goes for A2, O1, 52100, and several other steels that are a huge step up from the plain carbon steels. I am a fan of 1084 and 1095 but only because they allow me to purchase a good knife for a modest price. They simply don't compare to other options out there when it comes to performance. Now I do agree that I don't really care for the really high vanadium steels like S90v and S110v, or the super high tungsten steels like CPM M4. That is not to say they don't have their place and uses, they just don't suit me for how I use a knife.
@Bushman5 -- there are plenty of stainless steels that are easy to sharpen. AEBL/Sandvik 13C26, for instance. Knives in that steel perform basically like a carbon steel blade, just with rust resistance.
