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My sources show XHP cheaper than CPM S30V, CPM 3V, CPM 20CV, CPM 10V, CPM 154 and CPM M4.
Not exactly expensive compared to some others like S90V and S110V.
Lower alloy content, lower cost per pound, cheaper to produce, same price range as PD-1.
XHP is basically the stainless version of CPM D2.
It's a good steel for what it is, but not exactly a high end steel.
It can give one a pretty good idea though because if the wear resistance carbides aren't there, they just aren't there.
Easier to sharpen means less wear resistance and that equals less edge retention, you can't have it both ways, that's not the way it works.
Thanks for that info Ankerson, didn't know that about the cost when it came to S30V vs. XHP.
Regarding the sharpening vs. edge retention - specifically regarding those two steels - I found the same thing.