[Tool Steel? S2 vs Chromium Vanadium Steel]

Hi guys,

I am also looking for some decent screwdrivers.   My really old stuff is still going after 40/50 years, but showing signs of wear.  Chrome vanadium.

I buy something here and there, but they don't last five minutes nowadays, especially with shorter screws. Maybe they are getting harder !

 

After a lot of research, I came up with a short list of steel hardness for tools;

High carbon

Chrome vanadium

Chrome Molybdenum

S2 steel

Chrome vanadium molybdenum (CVM)

Protanium

 

Here in the UK, we can't seem to get anything harder than C.vanadium, or maybe the odd S2 (which isn't when it arrives).

I'm after a 500mm (400/100mm) driver for use on kitchen cabinets etc.

 

Good luck to you all - hope you are keeping safe.

T.O.M