

I guess Benchmade will just have to settle for having better knifes, IMO.

My Benchmades have much better edge retention than my Endura with VG10 steel.
My new Benchmade 710 puts the Endura to shame when it comes to edge retention!
I didn't know that either. I know some of the AUS are pretty low end, like AUS-6, but I love the AUS-8A Kershaw used in the 1980s. I have a CRKT M16-14 that has AUS-8A steel and it is a workhorse! Great edge retention and it is a knife I have used and abused in me shop. I wish Kershaw still used AUS-8A in more knives. IMO, their AUS6 is pretty humble!junebug wrote:most new steels will out perform vg-10 .... it is SPYDERCOS low end steel(similar to a AUS steel-AKA not the best stuff out there) ......
philco wrote:I've sure never thought of VG-10 as "low end steel".
I did a bunch of clicking. Learned a thang or two as well.MITCH RAPP wrote:Thanks Phil! Did you click on any of the items on the left? This one here, has a lot of Great Steel info.
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junebug wrote: DALE - I READ SOMEWHERE (ferget where now) VG-10 AND AUS8 & AUS10 ARE ALMOST THE SAME EXACT THANG....... JUST DIFFERENT MAKER/STEEL FACTORY IN JAPAN.
jerryd6818 wrote:My Mini-Grip came a little while ago. I had handled one at Gander Mountain and I don't remember it being this beefy. Had I bought the one with the thumb-stud it would have been a total bust for me. I'm like'n the mechanics of this Spidey hole a lot. I'm kinda getting used to the looks of it.
It does indeed.313 Mike wrote: That modified sheepsfoot has a nice look to it as well...