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Oh I know what you meant. That’s where they got it from but the machinery they use wears out faster with the harder steels too. I do understand the price difference I just argue it’s not needed for most people.I was really meaning, tooling for other manufacturing is what those steels were really meant for... not so much knife making
I once worked with a flat bed cnc router to cut closed cell foam, it was pretty amazing how fast a cutter edge of those bits would dull just cutting soft foam... take those same bits and mill aluminum non stop, and that’s were those super alloys come in...
But I agree it’s all marketing to sell overkill... I remember 10 years ago or so everything was “professional grade” this and that... same deal, overkill marketing to up sell the guy that doesn’t have a clue...
You should see all the guys complaining about rust on the edges of their uncoated 1095 knives. You can tell they just don’t get used. That little bit of rust would come off with everyday use and sharpening. It’s a total joke.


