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Carbon steel
1095 Carbon
The American survival-knife standard. Dead simple, very tough at these hardnesses, and it will start rusting the day you put it away wet.
- Typical hardness
- 55-58 HRC
- Edge retention
- 2/5
- Toughness
- 4/5
- Corrosion resistance
- 1/5
- Ease of sharpening
- 5/5
1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other.
8 knives in 1095 Carbon
Schrade
Schrade SCHF9 Extreme Survival
- Blade
- 6.4″
- Weight
- 15.9 oz
Drop Point1095 CarbonDiscontinued
Bushcraft & CampBudget