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Update 1/5/2024: I neglected to mention in the original writeup of this article that the Z-Max was retested along with the new Maxamet and Rex 121 tests. The total cardstock cut was updated from 909 in the original testing to 948 mm.
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Podcasts
I appeared on two podcasts this past week, Knife Perspective and Mark of the Maker. Knife Perspective I had been on before so we mostly focused on MagnaCut and other topics. Mark of the Maker was a full interview asking about my background before discussing my book, website, and CPM MagnaCut. So listen to one or the other or both depending on what you’re in the mood for.
Thanks to Dakian Delomast, 四季 浪月, joseph j fonzi, Nicholas Baird, Nick Dombrowski, Douglas Custom Knives, ElementalBreakdown, Daniel Manns, Drew Certain, and Michael Shuey for becoming Knife Steel Nerds Patreon supporters! And Jeff Schafer for increasing his contribution.
Thanks to Saptak Dutta, Bill Clancy, Cap Hayes, Electro_Static, Coll Gomila, Kody Ekstrom, Nico, Tom Ewing, Ken Johnson, Brent Stark, Jesse Warren, Malachi Chou-Green, Luke Haag, Bill Harrison, John Geelhoed, and Julian Hamilton for becoming Knife Steel Nerds Patreon supporters!
Thanks to David Reem, Colton, camilo, Brendan Gildea, Vince Koacz, Monery Custom Cutlery, Curt E, Shannon Sanders, Brazilian Blades, Rory Kelly, Brunhard, Zachary Chumley, Noel, Adam Nolte, Gundam lupus, and Jan Huch for becoming Knife Steel Nerds Patreon supporters! I still don’t know when it will be time for the announcement of my new steel so until then you can get all of the data on its properties exclusively on Patreon.
New Steel and New Patreon Supporters
On Patreon we now have a full set of experiments on the new knife steel I designed for Crucible and Niagara Specialty Metals. The results are extremely promising. Those results are only available on Patreon until it is time to do the formal announcement. Thanks to Chester Dussault, Bob Burland, Matt Masuda, Scott Decker, Philip Dempsey, David Heleander, ConvencienceShout, Chris Pregent, Egan, Morgan Noonan, Michal Galovič, Kumar Muthusamy, Eric Divine, Simon Moeskjær Balle, and Ben Horridge for becoming Knife Steel Nerds Patreon supporters!
Thanks to Scott Larimore, Ryan Davis, David Mullin, Andrew Lutomirski, Nathan Thurman, Brome McCreary, Anthony Smallwood, Leitgeist, and Mike Walton for becoming Knife Steel Nerds Patreon supporters! On Patreon we now have four updates about an upcoming new knife steel with very promising results.
Thanks to Mike Strickland, Joe Dickens, Carson Reid Davis, Kenneth, Jordan Danz, Wade Smith, Jeremy Kline, and Ryan Guldbrandsen for becoming Knife Steel Nerds Patreon supporters! I have posted initial results of experiments testing my new powder metallurgy knife steel. So come join Patreon if you want to see how the steel is doing before everyone else.
2020 had a lot going on, of course. But a lot of good came in the area of knife steel. Let’s go through some of the highlights.
New Steels
The big announcement in terms of new steels was the Spyderco-exclusive CPM SPY27. This steel was announced in January of this year, and I offered early analysis based on the released composition here: CPM SPY27 Analysis. That wasn’t the end of my SPY27 coverage, however, as I was able to get a bar from Spyderco and Niagara Specialty Metals and perform a range of experiments on it, including hardness, corrosion resistance, toughness, and microstructure evaluation. Read the results of my experiments here: SPY27 Testing.
Thanks to Markus Stark, Nils, and Brent Stubblefield for becoming Knife Steel Nerds Patreon supporters. And Kyle Daily for increasing his contribution amount.
Knifemakers vs Users and What they Care About in Steel
