is it a carbon steel blade?
1488073
It is a carbon steel blade. You should be aware of the fact that it requires a fair amount of stropping when it first arrives and is not ready for immediate use.
1488074
I'm not sure, I'm afraid. It holds an edge pretty nicely but if the description doesn't say, then I don't know.
799353
It sure is, and very well built. I could carve an engine out of a block of steel with it before it would fail. An excellent knife!
1406396
I'm not aware of the metallic composition or properties of steel carbon vs stainless steel. I do know that the two Paderno blades that I own have stay sharp and never rust.
1429506
No, it is a hard plastic. Or something. The blade is very sharp and forged metal. Very nice. Not a toy. Handle with caution.
657184
The short answer is YES. The Blackbird SK-5 knife is made from 154CM steel. The carbon content is 1.05% anything over .5% is high carbon. The blade throws nice sparks off my ferro rods.
185068
The blade is 7Cr17 high-carbon stainless steel, but not as high carbon as 440C more like 440A. This is a good knife that is sharp enough to shave with out of the box. It will need to be resharpened after use but is a great value, in my opinion compared to 440C skinning knives.
2151910
Yes. The blade is high carbon steel and will create good sparks off of a modern fire steel or any natural flint material.
1843769
The blade is made of A2 steel. See description link:http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002B56CUO?ie=UTF8
1183599
that is also made out of stainless steel. I bought the blade and it is working just fine.
1594332
No. It is stainless. Yes, technically it has carbon in it (it's steel), but by the common vernacular among cutlery enthusiasts, this is "stainless" versus simple "carbon" (non-stainless). Jamal and Tom are correct.
203511
I cannot claim expertise with steels. However, this is advertised as a "sharpening steel", and has very much improved the cutting of knives we have used it on. Thus, I would agree it is a sharpening steel.
516965
The blade is real steel. I was impressed for the money. The edge is not sharpened and can not cut, at least on mine. It could be sharpened. The point is sharp however and could use dulling if you are giving this to an older kid. mine was a gift
2006468
I did not answer this right away because I was not 100% sure of the answer. I did look it up in the instructions booklet and the blade is stainless steel! It is a great tool I like mine more all the time.
136147
i dont know, it's a Chinese steel. very tough . i would buy it again. unless you live in a area that gets down past -10. then the blade might chip. but for the rest of us it's a awesome knife.
1492654
Nope, it's a fixed blade, solid 5160 steel. It weighs a ton. I love mine though, and the sheath is workable.
1835453
Yes, the blade is made of Japanese stainless steel called AUS-8. This is a very good steel with superb toughness and good edge holding capabilities. This steel is also fairly easy to sharpen with great corrosion resistance. Check your local knife laws for legality as it varies greatly. It would be a fine last ditch self defense weapon because the blade is pretty good sized, and your hand locks in very well due to a deep finger choil and a blade ramp with good jimping.
1016806
Hey, So To answer your question, I'm pretty sure it's a high carbon steel. Cause the blade has rusted a little bit at one time, And it keeps an edge for a long time, where as stainless steel blades are the opposite, stainless steel rusts and loses an edge quite fast.But I hope this helps you.