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Have we been fleeced? Yes. Who fleeced us? We did.
Old designs with new steels, new designs with new steels. Real world, I can't tell a difference between S30 and S35 but I like trying them anyway.
Honestly, I'm pretty happy with VG10 and 154CM. They stay sharp and are easy to keep sharp. These days I don't get into the steel wars like I once did, but if you collect and use knives, I mean seriously, how different knives do you need... They all cut, right?
If I just needed something that cut, do I really need more than one knife?
Chances are, if we stop collecting, the knife industry will stop marketing new designs and new steels. This is on us just as much as it's on them.
The knife industry doesn’t produce many new steels. Most steels are developed for industrial use, and get picked up by knife makers. Alloys developed specifically for knives are very much in the minority, basically the Crucible S series and a few others.