I use it, Scott. Heck, if it's oil quenching I use it! ha ha! Great steel, VERY VERY tough even at 63HRC. Very clean steel, too, works like butter even hard. Sharpens to an excellent edge. Not hardly any wear resistance, obviously, but that's not what this steel is about. Hard and tough...that's this steel's forte.
I do 1525F, 10 minutes, P50 quench with no issues. Leaving edges thick these days now that I have the grinder to thin down post HT, so I haven't had issue using fast oil on this steel.....yet. I'm doing 350F tempers for kitchen knives and hunters both, coming in at ~63HRC. Spec sheet calls for very high austenitizing temps, not sure why, tho. Cr doesn't begin to go into solution until 1650F, IIRC, so I don't get why the recommended high aus temps. I wouldn't go above 1530F on any simple carbon steel anyway, that's just me. No vanadium, so I would keep the aus temps down. Plus, coming from AKS, no normalizing or cycling needed. Austenitize, quench, temper, done.
You'll like that steel. I like that it comes in good thickness...or should I say more properly....good THINNESS. .084" is very handy for most all what I make.
