>>2476822>1095 is stupid fucking toughhow do you actually measure knife toughness? do you pry things? The only numerical measurement I've seen of toughness was from Larrin Thomas and 1095 ranked pretty poorly. There are Joe X videos on youtube for ridiculous knife tests, where plenty of 1095 knives break easily.
I've never seen 1095 chip, but the edge will deform badly with a fairly light impact into anything hard (I've done this by accident a few times).
>Your high carbide shit increases the cost to manufacture 5x or more because you're eating through sanding belts and grinders.and despite costing 5x more, ESEE charges 12% more for a S35VN ESEE-4? Absolute bullshit.
>most memesteels are pretty brittle in comparisonmost memesteels have extreme edge retention, which leaves them brittle. I was talking about something like 3V or z-tuff. Even 52100 seems to do better in both edge retention and toughness.
I don't really care about knife toughness that much, personally. I have a S35VN ESEE knife and it's survived pretty well. I just don't understand why they're clinging to 1095.
>>2476857>it's similar to some budget stainless steelsstainless steels tend to be less ductile, so they probably won't survive extreme abuse as well. 420HC is strong enough for the M9 bayonet though.
