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Originally Posted by catnthehat
I have had quite a few over the years that I got from gun shows, etc., and the stainless steel on some seemed to be not too constant as far as hardness or sharpenability went.
My favorites were always the carbon steel originals.
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I believe in years gone by they used different stainless steels, none of them were marked to know what it was, but that is likely the reason you found them inconsistent. I am not sure if they used different carbon steels over the years or not. I have a carbon steel #1 that I would say can hold a decent edge. To me no big deal few swipes on the knife steel stands the edge back up, and back to razor sharp.