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Corrosion Resistance of Steel
Month: October 2019
CATRA Tests of M390 Knives
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CATRA Testing of M390 Knives
Recently two sets of CATRA studies of M390 knives have been reported. One was conducted by Mike Latham of CollectorKnives, and the other by a group of people including Clint of the Alchemy_1 Youtube channel. These reports are the product of a minor controversy over the Rockwell hardness of production knives and the relation between Rockwell hardness and edge retention. Here are links to both reports: