A fairly good grade of knife steel, AUS-8 steel has a moderate carbon content and thus reasonable edge retention and mediocre corrosion resistance. Harder steels like ATS-34 have higher carbon contents and equivalently lower resistance to oxidation. Softer steels like AUS-6 and US440 have lower carbon contents and worse edge retention.

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