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search the net for "kershawguy" (reply)

bj2 — Thu, 29 May 2014 02:47:02 +0000

He sells blems from the factory at very good prices.

Kershaw makes good knives, ZT is their upscale brand and ZT knives have a very good reputation. (I'm carrying a ZT 0561 this week.)

S30V is a good steel, one of the best relatively common production steels. It is a stainless steel that holds a good edge, but the tradeoff in knife steels is that a steel that is hard enough to hold a good edge, in particular a stainless steel, will be a little bit brittle. This is not a problem for a hunting knife but for a survival knife that you might hammer on or pry with you would want a different steel. S30V is supposed to be a step above 154CM, which is about equal to ATS34, which used to be the favorite of custom knifemakers.

You can check some of the better online knife retailers for comparison prices:
bladehq.com
cutleryshoppe.com
knifeworks.com
newgraham.com
gpknives.com
howesknifeshop.com

Anyone have any experience with S30V blades (reply)

Art — Wed, 28 May 2014 01:13:30 +0000

Just bought a Benchmade Bushman with S30V but have not used it very much. Seems like very good steel. I have read that some believe it is the best knife steel going.

Thanks guys. I've been seriously dancing around (reply)

MR — Tue, 27 May 2014 13:35:58 +0000

the Zero Tolerance for a while now. A narrow window of opportunity to buy one at 55% of normal price on one of the overstocked sell off sites flashed by. That's still certainly not cheap, but was it going to be a "something for something" or just a another "hot air marketing dream" was the buy or walk away. It sounds like it is something to own at least one of. I hit it. It's on the way.

This Browning blade steel chart is pretty good (reply)

stonewalrus — Tue, 27 May 2014 10:55:30 +0000

https://www.browning.com/support/files/images/brn/2012-All/2012-Product-Content/Blade-S...

I have several blades with that steel...I concur with Glen. (reply)

Caz — Tue, 27 May 2014 02:20:01 +0000

My Buck Vantage has an S30V blade.... (reply)

Glen — Tue, 27 May 2014 01:46:05 +0000

....and I like it very much. It takes an excellent edge and holds it very well.

Anyone have any experience with S30V blades

MR — Tue, 27 May 2014 01:27:11 +0000

in particular the Zero Tolerance knives.
I've been oogleing and googleing them for a while now. In particular a 301ST.