Hello,
after I could get hands on a wonderful hunting knife made by Stefan Mast from 12442 steel, I decided to test this steel, too.
It's a tool steel with a 2% of tungsten and a 1.2% of carbon. It will get a high hardness (about 61HRC on my knives) and a fine, edge.
Now I have some raw blades for blades from a 75mm up to 120mm
This one will be the next
and I will make one for myself, too
Here, hot stamping my blades with my logo
Regards
Nicolas