New Buck Compadre Series.

[Gareth]

Some new camping cutting tools from Buck.  I actually quite like the look of the machete type thing. 

[enki_ck]

Yup, that one is interesting. Not too fond of the red look though.

[Gareth]

It does rather look like someone has slapped some red oxide paint on them, doesn't it.

[NKlamerus]

I like the red....it's not like your trying to hunt. I'm totally okay with visible tools.
Again; enough of you haven't set down something in the woods and either never found it or spent way too long looking for it.

I think half my time in the boyscouts as a leader was looking for younger scouts crap!!

[Higgins617]

I like the knife, but I don't know anything about that steel. You guys?

[Sparky415]

I really like the look of those tools and especially like the handles on the Axe/machette 

[Noa Isumi]

5160 is a fairly common low chromium spring steel. It is an older steel so most people do not give it the credit it deserves.
It is very popular for hot forged blades as it works easily and with practice can be reliably heat treated by the hobbyist at home. It forges easily though is prone to cracking if worked below temperature. 5160 readily takes an edge an has a potential to be very durable when flexed. It is prone to surface rust hence the powder coating on bucks offerings, however it takes a long time for serious rust damage beyond the surface due to the chromium content.

It has been largely supplanted by 1095 due to 1095 having slightly higher edge retention,  1095 also seams to throw a spark off a ferro rod better, a down side to the chrome in 5160 as also seen in most stainless.

Common industrial uses include auto leaf and coil springs and agricultural machinery blades.

Cold steel's proprietary "Carbon V" steel is a close enough variant to be considered comparable from what I understand.
  It is essentially the same steel just a small trace element difference to make it proprietary and therefore "special". You would need to be a true metallurgist with a lab to tell the difference between a blind sample. In the end it comes down to process as to the final properties of the blade.

[Higgins617]

5160 is a fairly common low chromium spring steel. It is an older steel so most people do not give it the credit it deserves.
It is very popular for hot forged blades as it works easily and with practice can be reliably heat treated by the hobbyist at home. It forges easily though is prone to cracking if worked below temperature. 5160 readily takes an edge an has a potential to be very durable when flexed. It is prone to surface rust hence the powder coating on bucks offerings, however it takes a long time for serious rust damage beyond the surface due to the chromium content.

It has been largely supplanted by 1095 due to 1095 having slightly higher edge retention,  1095 also seams to throw a spark off a ferro rod better, a down side to the chrome in 5160 as also seen in most stainless.

Common industrial uses include auto leaf and coil springs and agricultural machinery blades.

Cold steel's proprietary "Carbon V" steel is a close enough variant to be considered comparable from what I understand.
  It is essentially the same steel just a small trace element difference to make it proprietary and therefore "special". You would need to be a true metallurgist with a lab to tell the difference between a blind sample. In the end it comes down to process as to the final properties of the blade.

Thank you!