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I've always had the standard stainless type hunting knives (440 of some type). I like the look of the Damascus blades?

What are the pros and cons of each, especially when it comes to hunting chores such as gutting, skinning, etc?

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I have never used either, but I would say that one con for the damascus blade would be money. Lots of money.

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Originally Posted by 13579
I have never used either, but I would say that one con for the damascus blade would be money. Lots of money.
You know that Damascus steel is high carbon steel, not stainless, right?

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That is not true there is stainless damascus.


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Originally Posted by MontanaCreekHunter
That is not true there is stainless damascus.
I did not know that.

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Have ground blades for ProTech Knives in both high carbon and stainless damascus. www.protechknives.com


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If you want to compare the edge holding ability and the cutting ability (some steels will just plain get sharper than others), then I would say a lot would depend on the skill of the maker, the heat treatment, and the type steel used.

A good steel knife, ATS 34, 154CM, BG42, S30V, and others, properly heat treated would out preform a lousy made Damascus blade, and I am sure there have been some lousy damascus blades turned out.

Conversly, a properly made damascus blade, using suitable steel, would out perform an improperly ground and heat treated blade made from the steels listed above.

If both were properly made, using a suitable steel, I doubt that you would be able to tell much difference in performance, although I cannot speak from experience, except that I have used and seen used many ATS 34 and 154 CM blades, and I have no complaints.

From what little I know about damascus, it can be differential hardened, therefore it should be more flexable that a ground (stock removal) blade.

Of course, if the knifemaker knows what he he doing, some of the stock removal blades can also be differential hardened, but I don't know if any of the steels that require heat treating in a controled atmosphere furnace could be differential hardened.

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thanks. I was just looking at the damascus because it's pretty, and wondered if it was useable or not.


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