Author: Larrin
Pop’s ProCut – A New Carbon Steel for Knives
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The Future of Knife Steel with Bob Shabala of Niagara Specialty Metals
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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
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What is Atlantic 33 Non-Tempering Steel?
Atlantic 33 Steel
There are a few places to purchase this Atlantic 33 “non-tempering” steel so I have been getting questions about it over the past couple years. The information is pretty scant and the descriptions are mysterious and confusing to anyone who knows steel [1]. In the advertising it says things like: “Drawing of temper to suit different requirements is unnecessary and completely eliminated.” Also there is no composition listed and the heat treating instructions are very barebones. “Suitable hardness is obtained by merely heating the tool and quenching it in water.” And, “May be heated to almost a melting heat without danger of distortion.” It basically just says to heat treat it however you feel like and skip the tempering. If it’s true that it doesn’t matter how you heat treat that is great, but otherwise it would be nice to know how to best heat treat the steel.
Is 1084-15N20 the Best Pattern Welded Damascus?
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Crucible Steel is Bankrupt! What is Next for MagnaCut?
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The Current Production Path for MagnaCut and CPM Steels
Can Artificial Intelligence Design a New Knife Steel?
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Testing Cold Forged 52100 Knife Steel
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Coatings vs Foil – Heat Treating Steel
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