VG10 or SLD?

2014年11月23日 — Hi guys, I'm considering a knife in SLD steel. It's by Konosuke, so I assume they got their heat treat well. But I don't know this steel.

2023年3月10日 — SLD is somewhat stainless, with 1.5% carbon steel. It has the hardness and durability of carbon steel, with the easy care of stainless ...

2024年2月28日 — This was the perfect choice and the overall fit and finish on the knife is top notch (rounded and smoothed edges) yet still retaining the rustic ...

2022年1月4日 — I'm a fan of both steels and have used both professionally. I'd slightly lean towards aogami, but go SLD if you're wanting something slightly ...

2022年5月14日 — SLD is a great steel! Supposedly semi stainless but really is pretty far on the full stainless side of the scale. That said, well done vg10 ...

2020年8月17日 — I read online that SLD is semi-stainless. what does that mean? Should i treat it like a carbon steel knife or like a stainless steel knife? EDIT ...

2024年3月28日 — SLD is considered by some to be a “semi-stainless” steel because its chromium content range is right on the stainless/non-stainless divide of ...

2018年11月10日 — yeah... i've used a ton of SLD/SKD11/D2. It can range from decent to quite good depending on the heat treatment and grind. Edge retention is ...

2023年12月1日 — SKD-12 (aka A2 or Chromax) is a much better balanced steel than SLD (also known as D2). A2 has better toughness and corrosion resistance, at ...

2021年3月19日 — Are these two stainless steel types pretty comparable? I see that one (SG2) is a powdered steel. Practically, is one generally tougher or ...