as you mentioned a stainless k, wouldn't a dipped standard k be as light ? I thought those stainless ones were a thinner gage material, just made of stainless because the material supposedly made up the strength difference ? or couldn't you control the dip to maintain the strength needed in a steel k ? I'm not really sold on stainless being a stronger material unless it is a different alloy than the commonly available 416,303,304,316, etc. stuff that I have worked with. I know there are stronger alloys out there, but I don't know what they are, and I have not machined or welded anything except those I mentioned.