Blerv wrote:
Interesting discussion but IMO idealistic fundamentally, unless you can convince a maker to switch materials.
I'm not sure I agree with that, Blake. IIRC S35VN got some bad reviews at one point those reviews may well stop someone from buying a knife in the future that they otherwise would have liked.
I bought a Native 5 kind of in spite of the steel, rather than because of it. But now I know I like it just fine.
For me, it's not so much about getting someone to switch to that steel as it is helping me to evaluate a knife (before purchase) that comes in that steel. Of course, steel is not the only criteria. Some of my favorite knives come in VG10. I'm not a huge VG10 fan, but the overall design of these knives keeps them in the rotation.
Of course, if Sal came out with a CF Balance in solid Super Blue, it would kick my VG10 right out of my pocket
Ken