Author: Larrin
Knife Engineering 2nd Edition – Expanded and Updated
11/18/2025: I added that the book is now available in South Africa from SD Knives & Supplies.
Links to buy are at the bottom of the article!
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Knife Engineering
In recent years, I have been mostly known as the “MagnaCut man,” but before MagnaCut, my biggest success was probably with Knife Engineering. When I started my website, Knife Steel Nerds, I hadn’t thought about writing a book because I thought I was doing a website instead. But I soon realized that a website works better for individual articles than it does for introducing an entire subject. So that led me to writing the book Knife Engineering: Steel, Heat Treating, and Geometry. That allowed people to learn the subject in order with all of the appropriate introductory material. The book has been a big success with many copies sold and many rave reviews from knifemakers and knife buyers alike. I tried very hard to make the subject as easy to understand as possible, and so it has been gratifying to hear people say that the book was exactly that.
Making ProCut Damascus with Devin Thomas
We traveled to Nevada to visit my dad, Devin Thomas, and make some Damascus with Pop’s ProCut. Along the way we saw some sites around my hometown and my wife tries to prove that her town is better.
Q&A Video: New Steels and Special Heat Treatments
Testing Tamahagane – Traditional Japanese Steel
Patreon
Thank you Patreon supporters! Through Patreon support I was able to pay for metallography and for the consumables for making coupons and running the CATRA experiment. If you want to support more knife steel research please join us at Patreon.com/KnifeSteelNerds
I Made a Knife in Japan! (With Tamahagane Steel)
Corrosion Resistance vs Hardness in Knife Steels
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Pop’s ProCut – A New Carbon Steel for Knives
My steel research is supported through Patreon. Patreon supporters saw the news on Pop’s ProCut before anyone else. There is currently an article about the upcoming MagnaMax only available on Patreon.
The Future of Knife Steel with Bob Shabala of Niagara Specialty Metals
Thanks to my Patreon supporters for supporting knife steel research. Patreon supporters saw this interview a couple of days ago. You can see the latest results of my testing early if you join at Patreon.com/KnifeSteelNerds
CPM-3V – Still the Best High Toughness Steel
Still working on getting an update to everyone about the status of knife steel after Crucible’s bankruptcy and the sale of many of the assets to Erasteel. Still more i’s to dot and t’s to cross.
Factory vs Custom Heat Treating of Knives
Patreon
Thank you Patreon supporters! Thanks to you we can do all the experiments that are in this article. If you want to support knife steel research come join us at Patreon.com/KnifeSteelNerds.
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