My knives are made to be knives and not pry bars,hammers, ect... I guarantee my knives to be free from any defects in workmanship and materials ( this does not apply to natural handle materials as they may develop cracks with age). I do not use any manufactored parts in my knives.
** I am also not responsible for people being hurt from misusing or abusing my knives. Knives are sharp and they cut!!
My hunting knives are made from ATS-34 stainless steel. I send them out to D'Holder for heat and cryo treating and they come back about 61 on the hardness scale. Due to the chemicals involved in tanning leather I do not recommend that you store your knives long term in the sheath.
My folding knives are made from 0-1 and from ATS-34. The 0-1 I heat treat myself and I send the ATS-34 to D'Holder for treating.
You should be able to maintain sharpness with occasional touching up with a fine coarse sharpening stone or ceramic sticks.