AUS 118?

[incubus]

what's this steel? is'nt it another cheap-style like the AUS 6 or is it superior?





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[sal]

Hi Incubus. AUS is usually a trademarked steel made by Aichi. I am not familiar with AUS-118.

sal

[The Stare]

AUS118 is a steel that is used by CRKT on only one, or a very few models of their knives.

On paper, it looks like potentially a decent cutlery steel. It has: .90 to .95 carbon;17%-18% chromium; .50 manganese; 1.3%-1.5% molybdenum; .04 nickel; .50 silicone; .03 Sulpher;and, .10-.25 vanadium. Apparently it is best used at an RC value of 59-60.

It pretty clearly should make a blade superior to both AUS6 and AUS8. It doesn't have as much molybdenum as ATS34 or 154CM, but it does have a decent amount of vanadium. It has less of both carbon and molybdenum than does BG-42. None of the steel charts I have list VG-10. I think maybe it's composition is listed on Fallkniven's site.

I've never had a blade with this steel, and don't remember much having been posted at Blade Forums on the subject. Given it's relatively high carbon and high chromium, I believe it is being designated by CRKT as a premium steel.

The URL for CRKT's "steel facts" is:
http://www.crkt.com/steelfct.html

Hope this helps a little.

Stare

Edited by - The Stare on 8/24/2001 7:16:33 PM

Edited by - The Stare on 8/24/2001 7:21:55 PM