Steel of your Dreams

[Haruki]

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post, I couldn't find any titles U'ingTSF, forgive me if i missed anything along these lines.

Q. What would YOUR ultimate dream steel look and perform like?

Hardness:
Toughness:
Strength :

What Elements or even Elemental composition would you have? Perhaps properties you would like to add to your favourite steels already out there?

Enjoying the forum

H

[panda]

Hard as possible without chip prone.
Retention of AS, ease of sharpening as W2.
Not quite super fine grained, toothiness is a must.

[icanhaschzbrgr]

Welcome to KKF!

I don't really care about composition of steel as long as it gets sharp and doesn't require much maintenance.

[banjo1071]

To me: Niolox
But much, much much more important ist the heat treat. A 440c with good heat-treatment surpasses an aogami with bad heat treatment...

[Benuser]

Welcome, Haruki!
Good old Sheffield at 62Rc.

[bkultra]

Whatever steel that skilled maker prefers and/or is comfortable working... To whatever specs he chooses.

I would give my input for preferred profile and length, but would leave the steel and technical choices to the expert (read Maker)