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It offers additonal wear resistance with reasonable sharpenability and excellent corrosion resistance. |  | EDGE CO SH | RERROS\u003Cbr>ARPE | TENT ION RNABILITY | ION /\u003Cbr>ESIST | HAR\u003Cbr>ANCE | DNESS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  | |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8Cr13MoV |  | A tough stainless steel that’s usually tempered in the Rc56 to Rc58 range, it gives great corrosion resistance and edge retention along with good sharpenability. |  | EDGE CO SH | RERROS\u003Cbr>ARPE | TENT ION RNABILITY | ION /\u003Cbr>ESIST | HAR\u003Cbr>ANCE | DNESS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 154CM/ATS-34 |  | A premium, custom grade U.S or Japanese stainless used for both folding and fixed blades. It has a higher carbon and chromium content for greater hardness and outstanding edge retention. |  | ED\u003Cbr>CO\u003Cbr>SH | GE RE\u003Cbr>RROS\u003Cbr>ARPE | TENT\u003Cbr>ION R\u003Cbr>NABI | ION /\u003Cbr>ESIS LITY | HAR\u003Cbr>TANCE | DNESS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |\n| Sandvic12C27 |  | A well-balanced Swedish stainless steel that provides high hardness and good wear resistance. |  | EDGE CO SH | RERROS\u003Cbr>ARPE | TENT ION RNABILITY | ION /\u003Cbr>ESIST | HAR\u003Cbr>ANCE | DNESS |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| X50 CrMo-15 |  | A high quality cutlery German stainless made with carbon, chromium and molybdenum to provide excellent sharpenability and good corrotion resistance. |  | EDGE CO SH | RERROS\u003Cbr>ARPE | TENT ION RNABILITY | ION /\u003Cbr>ESIST | HAR\u003Cbr>ANCE | DNESS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  | | | | |\n| VG-10 |  | A specialised fine-grain Japanese stainless steel made with cobalt and vanadium that offers very good edge retention and hardness with all-round sharpenability and corrosion resistance. |  | ED\u003Cbr>CO\u003Cbr>SH | GE RE\u003Cbr>RROS\u003Cbr>ARPE | TENT\u003Cbr>ION R\u003Cbr>NABI | ION /\u003Cbr>ESIS LITY | HAR\u003Cbr>TANCE | DNESS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |\n| 5Cr15MoV & 7-Cr |  | All-round stainless steels with similar qualities to the best 440 Series metals, providing good sharpenability, good edge retention and high corrosion resistance. |  | ED\u003Cbr>CO\u003Cbr>SH | GE RE\u003Cbr>RROS\u003Cbr>ARPE | TENT\u003Cbr>ION R\u003Cbr>NABI | ION /\u003Cbr>ESIS LITY | HAR\u003Cbr>TANCE | DNESS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  | |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| N690Co |  | A premium grade of stainles","cbCaiuHkmeCVWY8B","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuHkmeCVWY8B","pdf",154684,"English","# Steel Type\n## Attributes and Performance Ratings","[{\"question\":\"What does the Browning Blade Steel Index help you compare?\",\"answer\":\"It compares different blade steel types using attributes such as Rockwell hardness and overall performance for sharpening, edge retention, and corrosion resistance.\"},{\"question\":\"How are Rockwell hardness and performance trade-offs presented?\",\"answer\":\"Each steel entry includes a Rockwell hardness indicator and descriptive guidance explaining how the steel balances sharpenability, edge retention, and corrosion resistance.\"},{\"question\":\"Which criteria are used to judge steels in the index?\",\"answer\":\"The index evaluates steels mainly by sharpening behavior (sharpenability), durability at the edge (edge retention), and resistance to corrosion, with comparative labels such as good/better/best.\"}]","BROWNING BLADE STEEL INDEX | PDF",1791871545]