RWL 34 Stainless Steel for Knife Blades

Damasteel RWL 34 Stainless Steel

Manufacturer: Damasteel AB

RWL 34 is a premium powder metallurgy cutlery steel manufactured by Damasteel AB. RWL 34 has a strong following in Europe, and a favourite of reknown Danish knifemaker Jens Anso. This is not surprising given it's impressive performance and European origin.

Essentially a powder metallurgy variant of ATS-34, RWL 34 has very similar composition as ATS-34/154CM, but because of it is manufactured from rapidly solidified powders, the microstructure of the steel is much more uniform. This gives the steel much higher strenth and resistance to cracking.

Damasteel RWL 34 Data Sheet PDF

Composition

C	Co	Cr	Mn	Mo	Ni	P	Si	S	W	V
1.05	-	14	0.5	4	-	-	0.5	-	-	0.2

Values are shown in percentages.