My regular users are made of S30V, VG10, D2, ATS-34, 440-C, 154 CM, AUS-8 and early Carbon V. For my tasks they perform very well, but that is of courses in my life's laboratory. I think that the knives being of different construction (folder/fixed) and used for somewhat different purposes makes for a challenging comparison.
So it seems our preferences are our opinions.
Good point. To clarify, I was talking about knives for cleaning animals. I have pocket knives in a variety of steels from ordinary to exotic - my favorite has S30V. It's not my favorite, because of the steel, but because it works so well as a pocket knife and at the end of the day, the steel choice isn't that big of a deal. Similarly my Dozier Yukon Skinner in D2 gets used a lot because it just works so well (and the D2 is easy to sharpen).
David
