Originally Posted By: Russ
For EDC folders stainless as a class rules. Mine are all in the newer stainless steels -- 154CM-S30V-S35Vn-M390.

OTOH, my fixed blade knives trend toward carbon/non-stainless tool steels -- 1095, O-1 and lately CPM 3V.

Somewhat like this. Certain stainless spark poorly, suck as S30V. So those don't go in my camping kit. Carbon certainly work better for those times. But overall, my EDC is some sort of stainless, since I don't plan on using a firesteel in suburban US.