Thread: For all you who deny 440C its proper due!

C'mon Mark. Hone that baby up and run it over your face.

You know you want to. Even if it's a rough shave, it'll cut eucalyptus soooooo smooth.

Heat treatment is everything on that crappy steel... I've broken to many knives made from the junk...

Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

Heat treatment is everything on that crappy steel... I've broken to many knives made from the junk...

this is where the problem lies. anything called 440, 440A, or 440B is very poor indeed. Not true of the 440C variety. In fact I have seen 440C compared to ATS 34 by those in the know. ATS 34 being a slightly better steel in their estimation.

Originally Posted by JMS

this is where the problem lies. anything called 440, 440A, or 440B is very poor indeed. Not true of the 440C variety. In fact I have seen 440C compared to ATS 34 by those in the know. ATS 34 being a slightly better steel in their estimation.

Actually, not even this is true.

Randall uses 440B in a lot of his knives. And 440 A can be decent depending on what you want to use it for.

A lot is dependant on the heat treat, edge geometry etc.

That said. I've got 2 knives out of 440C and I LOVE the stuff to death.

Not sure who's been claiming 440 can't hold an edge. The vintage Friodurs are 440C IIRC, and those are quite impressive in their edge-taking and -retaining capability.

For a long time, 440C was considered a super steel in the knifemaking community. It was the S30V of it's day.

The Mastro Livi razors which have the Rose Damascus pattern are ATS34 and 440C folded together. That's what the man told me himself.

I figure 440C can't be bad at all. And the proof is definitely in the pudding. (See picture in sign-off below.)