i see nothing wrong with 440c steel. benchmade does use ats 34, 154 cm, s30v,h1,m-2. i am more of a benchmade man myself.how ever i do like some spyderco,s that i carry time to time. i just got a pe miltary cpm s30v. i have a starmate that is a great knife, + about 30 other spyderco,s. i think they ...