Knives with 10XX Steels

It doesn’t get much simpler than this family of carbon steels, and that’s not a bad thing! Tough, reliable, and easy to work with, these are some of the most popular choices for survival and bushcraft blades. We’ve lumped all the 10xx steels in here together because there’s an easy way to tell them apart: the last two digits in the name correspond with how much carbon is present in the alloy. 1055 has 0.55% carbon, 1070 has 0.7% carbon, 1095 has 0.95% carbon, and so on. As the amount of carbon goes up, the attainable hardness increases and the toughness decreases. You can expect these steels to patina—or even rust—if you’re not careful about keeping them clean, dry, and/or oiled.

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