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What is the "high Carbon" steel used by gerber?
Many gerber knives are made out of what gerber calls "high Carbon" steels and I was wondering if anyone knew exactly what is this mysterious steel.
I know what the difference between a high and low carbon steel, I just want to know what steel tpe it is ex: AUS8A, 440C
A steel knifeblade is like a box full of a million ball bearings. The molecules pile up/line up just like those ball bearings. When it's pure, though, you can easily deform it....just like you can ram your hand down into that box of ball bearings. What happens if you pour a gallon of heated wax over those bearings, though? It fills the gaps between the molecules and solidifies the entire mass into one solid shape. If you smack it then, you'll break your hand. It'll hold its shape *much* better and longer.
That's pretty basic but what do you expect at 04:00? 
Addendum: At one time, in the late 80's to mid 90's, it was 440a...they then switched to 440c on their mass market stuff and 154 on their special runs....late 90's-2005 went to all 440c....today's knives are a mix of 440c and some pricier knives sporting S30V blades. If it's Gerber and it costs less than $40 today, 99% of the time it will be 440c.
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