I'd be in for a knife forum.
I run mainly Gene Ingrams knifes. Gene's wait time is almost 3yrs. I have two more Ingrams they should be done within a month, if that.
I run them from gutting/cutting deer, goose/turkey, trout fishing, and cleaning meat at the house.
I had some D2, but wasn't impressed with that carbon steel mainly because the steel would stain quite easily.
I run all S30V and it's some good stuff! I lost an Ingram one winter during a late duck and goose hunt. The knife sat out in snow, rain, mud, and warm weather in the spring for almost 4 months till I located it that spring. The knife had NO rust! Only thing that was messed up was my wood grips and Gene had it fixed and to my door in less then a week and a half.
This was from this last week while trout fishing in northern Michigan.
Prepping some venison steaks the other week.