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Additionally, before you use more expensive steel, you should become good enough that you don't get nervous about the cost of the steel vs your odds of ruining it. Same with forging. Forging wootz...

Well, knife buyers are often steel nuts. They want the next 'best thing'. And for knives, some of these properties actually make sense (abrasion resistance for example, or toughness). For razors we...

A2 is wonderful stuff for things that A2 was designed for: high temperature abrasion resistance and impact resistance.
This makes it wonderful for things like survival knives, high speed chisels,...