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I could ask the same question.........

Which makes it all the more interesting when some European smiths make very nice razors out of 115W8 which has more tungsten than even Hitachi Blue #2. ;)

How hard is it. Some people forget that there can be a SIGNIFCANT difference in abrasion resistance with a simple steel like 1095 depending on whether you leave it too soft like the 55-57 Rc that you...

I find it interesting that someone would say that 52100 is too abrasion resistant and yet recommend O1 as a very good razor steel. When heat treated PROPERLY for cutting tools of the type that we are...

Interesting because the people selling O2 in the UK say that one of its qualities is that it has a fair amount of wear resistance. It also has the same amount of chromium as steel like 5160 and 9260...