Knife steel selection table
Material selection table
Sandvik's wide range of knife steel makes it possible to select the most suitable knife steel for each application.
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| Type of knife /application |
Sandvik
6C27 |
Sandvik
7C27Mo2 |
Sandvik
12C27 |
Sandvik
12C27M |
Sandvik
13C26 |
Sandvik
14C28N |
Sandvik
19C27 |
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| Bread knives | - | - |
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|
- | - | - | - |
| Butcher's knives | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - |
| Carpet knives | - | - | - | - | ■ | - |
■
|
| Carving knives | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - |
| Chef's knives | - | - |
■
|
- | - | ■ | - |
| Circular knives |
■
|
■
|
■
|
■
|
■
|
- | - |
| Cutting heads* | ■ | - | - | - |
■
|
- | - |
| Fishermen's knives | - |
■
|
■
|
- | - | ■ | - |
| Folding knives | - | - |
■
|
- | - |
■
|
- |
| Frying slicers (spatulas) | ■ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hunting knives | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - |
| Ice drills | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - |
| Industrial knives | - |
■
|
- | - |
■
|
- |
■
|
| Kitchen knives | - | - |
■
|
■
|
- | - | - |
| Paper knives | - | - | - | - |
■
|
- | ■ |
| Plastic film knives | - | - | - | - | ■ | - | ■ |
| Pocket knives | - | - |
■
|
- | - | ■ | - |
| Pruning shears | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - |
| Shaver knives* | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - | - |
| Skating blades | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - |
| Surgical knives | - | - | - | - | ■ | - | - |
| Synthetic fibre knives | - | - | - | - |
■
|
- |
■
|
| Trimmers* | ■ | - | - | - |
■
|
- | - |
* For electric shavers