Cold Steel SRK Carbon V - USA made

[ml1209]

Are these highly desirable? I'm talking about the older US-made ones, not the current ones with the AUS8 stainless blade. How good were those Carbon V steel blades?

 

[Hoji]

Are these highly desirable? I'm talking about the older US-made ones, not the current ones with the AUS8 stainless blade. How good were those Carbon V steel blades?

I have an old recon tanto made in USA that is carbon V steel. Love mine.

 

[TheDan]

I would definitely prefer Carbon V over AUS8, but I'm not sure if your SRK has collector value or not. I'm a knife abuser, not collector

Just as FYI, Carbon V is essentially the same as the 1095CV that Ka-Bar and others use.

 

[MikePotts]

I have one and it's a really nice knife, I think I bought it of Ebay for about $80 a few years ago, there was some sort of
"collector" "mystique" about them for a while.

 

[Younggun]

I've had one for about 10 years now. Haven't used it much but no rusting problems.....

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I used to have one and loved it, but lost it.

 

[Andy]

Bought an SRK in some AAFES store in Iraq in '04 - didn't even think to see what steel it's made of until I read this thread, but it's Carbon V:

I have nothing else to compare it to, but it's been a work-horse.

Edit: found this info on bladeforums.com:

"CV--Chorme Vanadium Steel used by Case for many years and Carbon V are the very same steel.

It is 0170-6 cutlery Steel...It was developed in the 1950's by sharon Steel specifically for Knives.

It is an enhanced 1095. They added Nickel--Chromium and a trace of Vanadium. it was a patented steel of Sharon.

Everybody used it. it was called by cute names by some companies --Chrome-Vanadium by others.

This was the original Steel chosen by both Lynn Thomson for his Trailmaster and Mike Stewart for the Old Mamba. Everyone used it until 1988.

Sharon Steel went Bankrupt in 1988. No mill would duplicate the steel because the patent was still in effect.

For a time everyone switched to other steels.

A few years back Case and Camillus found a mill that would duplicate the Chemistry of the old CV steel and they ordered a crap load of it.

Case had thier portion of the heat lot rolled to pocket knife sizes and Camillius had thier portion rolled to use for Lynn on his U.S. made knives and the Becker line.

This is an excellent cutlery steel and will out perform 1095."

 

[Younggun]

Bought an SRK in some AAFES store in Iraq in '04 - didn't even think to see what steel it's made of until I read this thread, but it's Carbon V:

I have nothing else to compare it to, but it's been a work-horse.

Edit: found this info on bladeforums.com:

Same here, same year.

Don't guess there's any chance it was on LSA Anaconda...?

 

[Andy]

Balad AFB? Might have been, but more likely Victory.

 

[Younggun]

Balad AFB? Might have been, but more likely Victory.

Yup, but it was only half air force (the half with all the good shit like the big PX, Pizza Hut, swimming pool, etc), the other half was mostly Army with a few Seabees and marines in the mix from time to time. Pretty sure the Army had more planes on the airfield even.

 

[gll]

Holy necro-thread, Batman...

Not the very best steel or the very best country of manufacture for the SRK ever, but this may be the best price ever for an SRK, if you are looking for a good camp knife at what seems to me a really low price...

Cold Steel SRK SK-5 steel, made in Taiwan... quality secure-x sheath $32.36

Cold Steel 49LCK SRK SK-5, Boxed, One Size https://a.co/cDBHnjM

SK-5 is apparently ~equivalent to 1080 steel.

 

[candcallen]

Holy necro-thread, Batman...

Not the very best steel or the very best country of manufacture for the SRK ever, but this may be the best price ever for an SRK, if you are looking for a good camp knife at what seems to me a really low price...

Cold Steel SRK SK-5 steel, made in Taiwan... quality secure-x sheath $32.36

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Cold Steel 49LCK SRK SK-5, Boxed, One Size https://a.co/cDBHnjM

SK-5 is apparently ~equivalent to 1080 steel.

Ships in 4 weeks. AKA a slow boat from China

 

[gll]

Ships in 4 weeks. AKA a slow boat from China

Ordered on July 3rd, received on the 7th... AKA Amazon fulfillment.

Checking now, price is up to $35.95 and order today, receive Aug. 4th. They must have gone out of stock.