I prefer carbon as well, and no particular reason as both very tough.

I think the stainless can be bent even more and not break, due to carbon having higher hardness. (which is exactly backwards to what we normally assume, the stainless more brittle and carbon a better spring, but again, this is very clean alloy at high hardnesses for both, but where stainless WOULD flop if taken higher.)

But on most things, the carbon holds an edge a bit better. Both can be sharpened to an edge where one could say they have never seen a sharper knife, or cut one's self deeper and more often by accident (not me, right).

Pappy, I guess you bought 4 for your own 3 destruction test videos involving anvils, locomotives, and military tanks, and looking forward to the posting of them. ....oh.....forgot the flame thrower....gotta have flame throwers....

Or, maybe you just bought for family.