Thanks, Ray. I figured the person who typed it was a P.R. person, and didn't know the chemical element abbreviations. Or they may have relied on a word processor/spell checker to suggest a word from the abbreviation, and picked the wrong one, again for the same reason. That's why I hate spell checkers; they will give you a word, just not necessarily the right one.
Thanks for the original info, Codger, and all the other informative posts in the past, and hopefully many more far into the future. I read, I learn a lot, and occasionally I throw in a cent or two. BTW, I "blame" you, LT, and Orvet, among others, for making me spend too much time and money on Ebay collecting Schrades! (If I wasn't using quick reply, I'd insert the appropriate smiley face here.)
Lastly, thanks for the Schrade steel chart, BK420. Did you scan a hard copy, or save some of the old Schrade web copy? Is there a date on this info? What's interesting to me is not just the elemental breakdown, which is probably available elsewhere, but the Rockwell C hardness numbers, which I'm assuming (always dangerous) reflect Schrade's heat treating methods. I've not seen that before. I'm really curious about the wide range given for 1095. Is that just production variation, differences between fixed and folding knife blades, or did they practice any differential hardening? Hmmm...
Well, I'd better log off before I head back to Ebay! Thanks for the info, gentlemen...