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Originally Posted by Barbarian
That's been my experience, also. Argument over which steel is best/most magical/newest is a concern of steel producers and their marketing dept.
As has been discussed in other threads, native Americans made knives out of frickin rocks, which seems to have worked pretty well.
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I am grateful major tool steel companies have used significant resources to design, refine and manufacture alloys specifically for the knifemaking market. They have a right to market this because it helps pay for the investment they have made.
Crucible Steel has gone above and beyond over the many years when other steel companies would not give knifemakers the time of day. This is historic fact, not an opinion.
All stone tool using cultures migrated quickly to metals when that technology became available to them.
Thin properly knapped rocks might cut well but don't have the toughness of metals (bronze, iron and steel) and also represented major costs in time and travel to sources of good stone.