You will enjoy your browsing at knife works. You will also enjoy buying just what you need like a cold steel tanto for a good price. Offering Cold Steel Katana, Industry Leading Kershaw Cutlery Solutions, and Knife Works. Kershaw Cutlery Convexthis grind has the sides of the blade arcing down in a convex curve to the edge. Not quite as rust resistant as the 400 series above. It has good edge holding, but is known especially for its outstanding toughness like l-6. Knife manufacturers such as benchmade typically use 154cm, vg-10, s30v, and cpm440v, as well as several high-speed high-hardness tool steels like d2 and m2. The hollow ground straight edge is very sharp. This is a bevel any plane taken out of the rectangular bar, along either side. Other than at airports, i dont think the menacing appearance of the serrated edge is important enough either way to affect what i carry. So the knife testers are testing with polished plain edges, whereas people experienced with cutting rope use coarsely-ground plain edges. When the blade is fully open, the leaf springs open and blocks the back of the blade, preventing it from closing. The notches placed on the locking bar also make sure thumb does not slip off while disengaging the lock. | 
My goal is to create a blade that is both tough and capable of holding an excellent cutting edge. It should be constant. Many custom makers use ats-34, and spyderco in their high-end knives and benchmade are among the production companies that use it. Read more about 
