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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Bill:
Let's cut right to the chase.
If you had to build a fixed blade knife that was going to be your only tool to survive with out in the woods (in combat), and you could have any alloy you wanted, in the dimensions you wanted, what steel would you pick?
What would it be for a folder?
That is really what we want to know. 
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The same stuff I'm using now, CPM S-30V for both.
Edited to add, some may be familiar with a few of the knives made with this steel.
Edited to continue: Reaper, as you probably know, we never stop testing new steels as we can get our hands on them. Yes there are a couple very exotic and difficult to work steels that can do a thing or two better than CPM S-30V and they are very cost prohibitive to manufacture and there will be huge downsides to the user.
These steels would defy re-sharpening in the field making them of little use to the soldier.
My answer remains CPM S-30V steel.