There are two main factors that determine the quality of a knife blade: the amount of carbon in the steel and the heat treatment. Hardly any knives retailing for less than $100 are heat treated today...
The almost endless variety in brand names of knives is confusing at best, and deceptive at worst. Some major brand name knives like Spyderco, Gerber, Camillus, Ka-Bar, and many others have cheaper brands...
Case XX Knife Blades ---Three Quality Types of Steel We have sold Case XX Knife Knives, made by W.R. Case Sons Cutlery Company, on Ebay for four years. During that time, we have learned a lot of things...