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I am interested in purchasing one of the sharpmakers but do you know where I could purchase one in canada?

I have a Delica and I am having trouble researching information about the metal used in the blade and the alloys used to "strengthen" the blade.


Can anyone help me with this or refer me to any websites? Or are there any books that I could purchase?

I have to agree with Talon on this one

Cool, Thnx for the info. I'm bidding on ebay for a spyderco knife....I hope it's worth it....

One thing I am trying to gather information on is what strengths of steel are commonly manufacturered and what the differences are say between ATS-34 and ATS-55 or 440 stainless and AUS-8

I have found through my limited exprerience that schrade knives keep an edge after light to moderate use, I have started to become interested in other brands...spyderco and others

I use knives for general purpose only. cutting cardboard, plastic bags/ bottles and sometimes wood.

ANyone here from Ontario Canada that enjoys cycling?....I have a rocky mountain elevation 2001, sram/ shimano drivetrain and aluminum framed....It's a pretty good bike...

Would it be apropriate to say loosly that a spyderco knive could cut through a schrade x - timer? or would that be a crazy comparision?....I'm fairly new to collecting knives and still learning info regarding blades steel...etc etc...

I own a few schrade knives which are made from "schrade+" steel it's a high carbon alloy though I don't know what other metals are dissolved in the mix.

Does anyone know how the schrade brand compares in strength to spyderco knives?