>>557843I do.
Carbon isn't as hard as stainless, which can be both good and bad. If you want a blade that can be sharpened, then left alone without use forever and still be serviceable, then SS is the way to go. Also, SS is really corrosion resistant, so you can have it in corrosive environments like salt water and it won't be damaged.
But as I found out when four buddies and I butchered 23 wild hogs in a weekend, carbon has its uses.
For starters, it's way springier than SS, so I didn't worry about breaking a blade tip off in a hip joint (happened to 2 SS blades). Secondly, any knife will dull quickly when you're doing that sort of butchering. The SS blades just dulled about 5 minutes later than the carbon blades did. But sharpening the SS blades was a motherfucker compared to the carbon. With the SS, we went to the stone. With the carbon, we hit the steel a few times and we're back in action within a minute. The carbon just plain old performed better in that environment.
Is carbon better than stainless? As always, it depends on the job at hand. That's like asking is a machete is better than a hatchet or if a truck is better than a car. All are tools, all have their ideal purposes. Personally, I use both carbon and stainless depending on the task at hand.
