The BEST Knife Steels for EDC

[diezelvh]

Nice selection. I myself like K390, S30V and magnacut.

[Mr_Obvious]

I love Cruwear too! It's such a well rounded steel. Takes a scary sharp edge and holds it for quite awhile!

[tgonzalez]

I appreciate edge retention as much as anyone else but I love toughness too. I’ve dropped knives when working & cracked off tips with high hardness steels. Rolling the edge is way better than chipping imo. Cru wear is incredible. I love it

[r]

I Love Cruware too. My other two favorites are maxamet and 15 v. It's a good time to be a knife nut!

[GeorgiaTrappingandFishing]

Fantastic blades Dennis! I always enjoy seeing your knives 😊🇺🇸🔥👍👍

[MiguelEDC]

Very nice steel overview! Good stuff, I still got so much to learn about different steels and all, I love videos like these! Also, got some savage Spyderco knives right there! 💯🔥

Awesome Content Gang! 👊🏼

[AlphaRomeoOneFive]

I'm sill learning a lot about the different steels so I really appreciate and enjoy these types of videos. Be blessed brotha 🙌

[UncommonEDC]

Great list and video my friend. Really well thought out!

[paulmills]

Great video. Alot of awesome knives on the table. 🔥🔥🔥

[jeremyspaulding]

Some great steel choices! Great video 👍

[TBEDC]

Great video bro..I missed this but I saw it now..love the 440C!

[romandulce]

D2 is the best EDC steel for me. I have a big collection of EDC blades, s30v, s35vn, m390, s90v and others. And I do use my blades a lot, because I run flower shop with my wife. And by now my EDC blade is one of my cheapest, the Petrified Fish pf818 in D2 (a very effective design)... Why D2 ? Because it's cheap, holds an edge really well and it's easy to fix. And I'm not afraid to lose it or brake it.
To me the EDC knife culture went in two different groups. First group are knives that are meant to be actually used every day. And the second group is the expensive jewellery fancy steel knives that people are afraid to use, and have them just as quality machined mechanism, more like a toy.  
I never saw hard working men (construction or other job) using a 200$+ knife... And if you look at knives under 70$ (a working knife should not cost more) D2 is king in that range.

[robertodurann]

K390, cpm15v, vanadais 8 are all much better

[mmllrjr]

don’t the manufacturers heat treat the knives?

[tacticalcenter]

Benchmade 20cv is under 59rc. Its garbage. Spyderco USA older 20cv is 60 or below. Other countries of origin will be different. Most won't be over 60. Spyderco USA now will ht 20cv and m390 between 60 to 62. All other brands will be 60 and below and will perform poorly. Due to the microstructure they use from the heat treatment protocols they decided to use.