I am a fan of the knives made by Carothers performace. Hard to buy as he is a small volume custom maker, and the knives are not exactly cheap. I have his edc2 in 3v steel, the heat treat is run to a very high rockwell hardness. Still relatively easy to sharpen, and it takes a fantastic edge.
Some of the custom makers doing the exotic steels have some great edge retention but they are not the easiest to sharpen when run at high rockwell#s. Phil Wilson and big chris make some very nice knives in steels that perform well. There are some huge gains in edge retention to be had by going to a big named custom, although a havalon with replaceable blades never needs to be sharpened.
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