AUS-8 steel

(thing) by Semisane Sun May 27 2001 at 8:33:52
A fairly good grade of knife steel, AUS-8 steel has a moderate carbon content and thus reasonable edge retention and mediocre corrosion resistance. Harder steels like ATS-34 have higher carbon contents and equivalently lower resistance to oxidation. Softer steels like AUS-6 and US440 have lower carbon contents and worse edge retention.
del.icio.us Furl Facebook Digg StumbleUpon Reddit   (I like it!)
Y'know, if you log in, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site. Create a New User if you don't already have an account.