I LOVE working with CPM154. The only drawback I've had is the occasional blade with inclusions found only after the final polish. It drives me crazy. I had the grand poobah of Crucible steel contact me about my issue and they ended up replacing my steel. I still run into the inclusions from time to time though....as recently as last week. Had two blades out of nine that required a do-over to get em right.
It is a very high performance steel though! My personal knife gutted and quartered my 6x8 bull elk and four white tails after that...,and still shaved.
I'll keep using it and just deal with the issues if they pop up again.
