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 |
Sandvik 10C16Mo3V1 | Sandvik 10C28Mo2 |
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Bread knives | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - | - | - |
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* | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Skate blades | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Surgical knives | - | - | - | - | ■ | - | - | - | - |
Synthetic fibre knives | - | - | - | - |
■
|
- |
■
|
-
|
-
|
Trimmers* | ■ | - | - | - |
■
|
- | - | - | - |
* For electric shavers