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Extremely high wear resistant tool steel. Made by several companies. I guess the most popular in knife world is Crucible CPM 10V made by their CPM technology. Alos made by Latrobe under Duratech A11 name using PM technology and Carpenter Technologies under its AISI name A11, using their MicroMelt® technology.
Alternate designations: A11(AISI), T30111(UNS), A11 Mod(PSM Industries), DuraTech A11(Latrobe), PM A11(Diehl), K294(Bohler-Uddeholm), CPM 10V(Crucible), ASP 2011(Erasteel), LO-QPM A11(Lohmann), 1.2397(W-Nr).