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I would not call him a metallurgist but this guy has tested a bunch of steels using an unscientific rope cut test and documented them in a spreadsheet. He was t
by stx 6y ago
I would not call him a metallurgist but this guy has tested a bunch of steels using an unscientific rope cut test and documented them in a spreadsheet. He was the first one that convinced me to spend over $100 for a cpm-s30v knife and it was way better then anything I had before in edge retention.
His data cant be that bad though because I built a model to predict the number of cuts for a blade using edge angle and metal compounds (no real way to take into account heat treat though). It was relatively accurate for the less exotic steels. I should really share that with the world.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b_rNfdJnL9oyn-JoL9yUHhUmDLAP1hJ1dN_0q5G4tug/edit#gid=1607644856 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b_rNfdJnL9oyn-JoL9yU...
He also records videos of himself and posts them to his youtube channel along with other knife reviews.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdICfnpxD9uzHLaSr3DN55g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdICfnpxD9uzHLaSr3DN55g
- Gertig 6y agoAs someone who has made their own knife from scratch(ish) this channel is gold!
- ethbro 6y agoFor anyone who hasn't, would highly recommend. Railroad spikes are cheap and easy to hammer. Not great steel, but great for practicing metalwork.
- Daniel_sk 6y agoWow, nice. I have only one pocket knife and that’s the lightweight blue Benchmade 535 Bugout and I just found out it’s made of the cpm-s30v steel, nice :).