Testing the Edge Retention of 48 Knife Steels

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	Steel	Austenitize (°F)	Time (mins)	Quench	Cryo	Temper	(°F)	Rc	TCC (mm)	Testing the Edge Retention of 48 Knife Steels by Knife Steel Nerds

2	Rex 121	2050	20	plate	12 hrs	300		71	1009
3	Rex 86/Z-Max	2100	20	plate	12 hrs	300		70	909
4	15V	1900	20	plate	12 hrs	500		63	879
5	S125V	2050	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	828
6	10V	1975	20	plate	12 hrs	400		66	797
7	S90V	2050	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	779
8	S110V	2050	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	738
9	K390	1850	20	plate	12 hrs	500		63	719
10	10V	1800	30	plate	12 hrs	500		60	718
11	ZDP-189	1850	30	plate	12 hrs	400		65	718
12	Vanadis 8	1850	30	plate	12 hrs	500		61	677
13	S60V	2050	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	658
14	S30V	2050	20	plate	12 hrs	300		65	634
15	204P	2050	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	620
16	S30V	2000	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	596
17	CPM-M4	2000	20	plate	12 hrs	1000		61	570
18	S30V	1950	30	plate	12 hrs	500		60	568
19	Elmax	1975	20	plate	12 hrs	300		61	559
20	S45VN	2000	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	554
21	Vanax	1975	15	plate	12 hrs	300		61	546
22	4V	1900	20	plate	12 hrs	400		63	538
23	CPM CruWear	1975	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	528
24	4V	1950	30	plate	12 hrs	1000		61	526
25	SG2	2000	20	plate	12 hrs	400		61	522
26	S35VN	2000	20	plate	12 hrs	400		61	520
27	D2	1850	30	plate	36hr	500		59	499
28	CPM-154	1950	20	plate	12 hrs	400		61	492
29	M2	2100	20	plate	12 hrs	1000		64	487
30	D2	1850	30	plate	no	400		61	486
31	VG10	1975	20	plate	12 hrs	400		62	479
32	3V	1950	20	plate	12 hrs	300		60	463
33	440C	1950	20	plate	12 hrs	300		63	455
34	AEB-L	1975	20	plate	12 hrs	300		65	444
35	Niolox	1975	20	plate	12 hrs	400		60	429
36	440C	1850	20	plate	12 hrs	300		57	425
37	14C28N	2000	20	plate	12 hrs	375		62	414
38	440C	1850	20	plate	12 hrs	350		56	405
39	BD1N	1900	20	plate	12 hrs	400		61	404
40	AEB-L	1975	20	plate	12 hrs	350		63	387
41	LC200N	1900	20	plate	12 hrs	300		60	380
42	Nitro-V	1900	20	plate	12 hrs	400		60	362
43	AEB-L	1950	20	plate	12 hrs	400		61	360
44	CD1	1925	20	plate	12 hrs	400		61	353
45	A8 mod	1900	30	plate	12 hrs	400		61	351
46	1.2562	1475	10	oil	12 hrs	400		65	348
47	A2	1775	30	plate	12 hrs	400		62	339
48	Blue Super	1475	10	oil	12 hrs	400		65	338
49	1.2442	1475	10	oil	12 hrs	300		63	330
50	52100	1525	15	oil	12 hrs	350		61	328
51	1.2519	1525	15	oil	12 hrs	400		62	320
52	CruForgeV	1500	10	oil	12 hrs	400		61	320
53	1095	1475	10	oil	12 hrs	400		62	316
54	Caldie	1850	30	plate	12 hrs	500		61	314
55	V-Toku 2	1475	10	oil	12 hrs	400		64	314
56	26C3	1475	10	oil	12 hrs	350		63	304
57	O1	1475	10	oil	12 hrs	400		61	283
58	8670	1525	10	oil	12 hrs	400		59	271
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