Sleipner or 14C28N in a Casström No.10 Swedish Forest knife

[sidpost]

I am looking at buying a Casström No.10 Swedish Forest knife in Scandi grind from Lamnia. Are there good reasons to get one blade steel over the other? Is Sleipner going to be a lot stronger on the edge than the Sandvik option? Will Sleipner be a lot more apt to rust? Will one edge be more 'toothy' than the other (like D2 when sharpened properly)?

TIA,
Sid

 

[C_Claycomb]

There is some good comparison here

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The 14C28N will be more corrosion resistant, and easier to sharpen, and with its high toughness it could be less ready to chip at a low edge angle, but it doesn't look like they are treating quite it hard enough to have comparable edge retention for slicing tasks.

I would not expect either to be toothy like D2, not enough carbon or chrome to make those large carbides, and I would be glad that is the case on a Scandinavian ground knife where maintaining a flat bevel requires a lot of metal removal.

 

[gra_farmer]

14c28n is a great balanced mid range steel, as Chris has stated. I would look at Casström experience with both steels.... Look at a few online reviews to gage this, they have perfected the carbon steel version of the No.10 Swedish Forest knife, based upon my past experience.