I have used tools with chrome vanadium steel and I can say it is harder than any other tool steel used in drivers.
I also keep my Chinese 8cr knives sharp. Nothing wrong with the steel as long as it's kept sharp. The only thing harder steels do is keep an edge longer for people who don't sharpen or know how to sharpen knives
Don't laugh. Got a couple Gerber made Bear Grylls folders. Will try them out but they weren't expensive. I like Moras, Kabars, Ontario, Buck, Spyderco, Cold Steel. I have seen a lot of cheapie junk, bought a machete/Panga Style for $5 at a flea market. Besides hitting it with a bit of file work, cuts the thumb size beanstalks that grow behind my shed like butter. Also have a Collins hand axe(has a US ARMY stamp, from WW2) which does firewood duty for bonfires.
You do get what you pay for. Good luck.
The rhino sold me on the Condor Bushlore. I've carried mine for a few weeks now. So far so good.
Mine rides in the bag I carry with me everywhere I go!
I actually bought my brother a Tenacious for Christmas. I was hesitant to give it to him after fondling it lol. I have been eyeing the resilience. I just love larger folders
Along with butterfly bandages, a tourniquet, and the number of a nearby emergency room, I hope.
I very strongly going up to say $65 you can get a very nice Spyderco Delica for that price. With the $40 price point you are limited to basically Chinese produced "Value" lines of knives. With the Delica you are getting Japanese produced VG-10 blade steel that gets very sharp and is east to resharpen plus it will hold an edge better than the 8CR13MOV stuff used in the Chinese made knives currently. The Delica also has Spydercos refined edge geometry so it cuts very well, plus it is very ergonomic and light weight making it a very good choice for an EDC knife. You also get Spydercos lifetime warranty.
For an inexpensive fixed blade, you can't beat a carbon steel MORA.
With 8cr13mov, the guy either doesn't use his knife, or he's got a butter knife. It's one of the two (maybe both...).
I still don't understand why people bother with Kershaw's Chinese knives. I'm not saying China can't make nice things. But the Kershaw offerings from China are not as nice as their USA made offerings. The US knives use 14c28n Sandvik steel (for the most part), which is VERY nice EDC steel and they aren't much more expensive than the Chinese knives.
I didn't want to start a new thread just to ask this question so I figured Id post in this thread. Im looking for a new EDC blade. I now carry a Kershaw blur but am looking to upgrade a bit.
Ive heard so much good about the benchmade mini griptilian but I don't care for the cheap feeling handle, and I don't feel like its "for me"
I am looking so far at the Benchmade Mini-griptilian ($89), Kershaw Camber ($72), or spyderco delica4 ($60).
I know the knifes are different but just looking for opinions from some people more knowledgeable in knives then I am. I do really like the speedsafe on the Kershaw.