In life, moderation seems to be a pretty good idea in most situations. I like the latest and greatest too, but it may be a tell of some import that the knife makers most yakked about here tend to use middle of the road steels. Good edge retention. Good toughness. Good corrosion resistance. Good ease of sharpening.
Personally, I’d rather not have to sharpen a knife for an hour, and a strop in the field ain’t too onerous.
Just read threads discussing the variance of one company / maker’s heat treat to another using the same steel. In fact, there’s one happening now on D2.
Gene Ingram, Bob Dozier, and Dan Crotts’ heat treat seem to yield a hella lot different results than company x making a cheap D2 flipper.
Moderation is a pretty good idea in most situations.
Last edited by sns2; 01/25/23.
