Materials for knife blades

440 C - stainless steel.

AK 5 17029 - czech steel, martensite stainless steel.

AK 9 17042 - czech steel, stainless steel.

ATS 34 - high-quality steel from Hitashi Japan.

14 260 - czech steel, silicon-chrome spring steel, hardness 58 Rc.

BTS 440 - German kobalts steel.

D 2 - high-quality steel.

Damascus steel - hand made forged steel.

RWL 34 - Swedish (from Söderfors) martensite stainless hardenable steel. Powder metalurgy.

US2000 - high-quality steel made in U.S.A., hardness 64 Rc.

steel	carbon	chrome	molybdenum	vanad	wolfram	cobalt	manganese	nickel	silicon	hardness(HRC)
440 C	1.1	17.0	0.75	-	-	-	1.0	-	1.0	58-60
AK 5 17 029	0.4-0.6	15.0	-	-	-	-	0.9	-	0.7	53-56
AK 9 17 042	0.9-1.2	1.6	-	-	-	-	0.7	0.5	1.45	58-60
ATS 34	1.1	14.0	4.0	-	-	-	0.4	-	0.35	58-60
BTS 440	1.07	17.0	1.1	0.1	-	1.5	0.4	-	0.4	58-60
D 2	1.1	12.5	0.8	1.1	-	-	0.6	0.3	-	60-62
RWL 34	1.05	14.0	4.0	0.2	-	-	0.5	-	0.5	60-63
US 2000	1.12	7.82	1.5	2.4	1.09	-	0.32	-	1.06	64-66

The surface finish of the blades

Blade is of black (Mr.Kavan) colour black

DLC(Diamond Light Carbon) - colour black. Resistant to abrasion and acid.

Phosphate - colour black, gray and green

Materials for handlers

Amboina - Pterocarpus indicus

Beef bone

Beef leather

Bruyere - Erica arborea

Cocobolo

Duralumin

Ebony

Canadian maple - (Acer saccharum)

Micarta - colour green and black

Palisandr

Snike wood

Stag horn

Walnuts wood - Juglans

Materials for mountings

Brass

Gold - Aurum-Au

Silver - Argentum-Ag

Stainless steel