metal suggestion

[joebuck]

hey guys need you expertise here...in your oppionon, what metal sharpens to the sharpest the easiest?....if I had to pick longevity then I would say middle of the road edge life....cable, damascus, carbon family, stainless..?

[Lin Rhea]

Joe,
    Without a doubt, carbon. Whether plain carbon or damascus. For middle of the road performance, Chevy truck spring..........Ha!  :D   Get it? middle of...the.... road.........nevermind.  :rolleyes:  

Bad joke, but it does make a good knife. I use it a lot.
                                    Lin

[Ray Hammond]

Lin, Lin, Lin. You have been breathin' too much steel dust, brother!!!! HA  

[Leftieshot]

Ok Lin, spill it!! What do you drive then?  That was a pretty good attempt at a joke!
Hahahaha

[Lin Rhea]

Chevy truck spring is 5160 or mighty close to it. Most of the time I buy it new, but for some of my bigger projects I'm not above forging it out of a spring. I think it does the steel good to forge it down.
  By the way, I do drive a Chevy. So far, one with all it's springs.
                             Lin