I would be interested to see all the steel types ranked by total surface area within the polygon.
good idea... i could add that
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#32Anyone else like ceramic knives? I have a couple paring knives. Super sharp but very brittle.
ceramic knives are great, but they are basically disposable because once they chip (they will) its incredibly difficult to sharpen them again.
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#33As a knife-maker, may I request 80CRV, 1084, and 1075? They're very commonly-used steel grades in knives. Also, 440 has a number of grades. Cool tool! EDIT: It might also be interesting to point out the manganese levels, and whether the steel is a deep- or shallow-hardening steel. Those factors help indicate whether the steel will form a hamon or not.
Also maybe the steel that Wusthof uses, whatever it is. They don't seem to tell you what is, though.
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#35So what do knife people think about outdoors55?
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#36As a knife-maker, may I request 80CRV, 1084, and 1075? They're very commonly-used steel grades in knives. Also, 440 has a number of grades. Cool tool! EDIT: It might also be interesting to point out the manganese levels, and whether the steel is a deep- or shallow-hardening steel. Those factors help indicate whether the steel will form a hamon or not.
Also maybe the steel that Wusthof uses, whatever it is. They don't seem to tell you what is, though.
It's very likely 8cr13mov, which is listed
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I suspect they're hallucinated. As a random spot check: https://new.knife.day/item/spyderco-paramilitary-2 "The Spyderco Paramilitary 2 is a tactical knife with a 3.44 inch blade. The knife is made in USA of CPM S35VN steel." It's a real knife, and the blade length checks out (to two significant figures), but the manufacturer spec sheet says S45VN steel. Also the actual name is "Para Military® 2". https://www.spyderc…
this data is mostly scraped from a few large knife retailers, so should be accurate.
It's unusual for a large retailer to not use the official name of a product
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#39Tangent: I had a decent benchmade griptilian folding knife for the last 10 or so years. Wasn’t the sharpest knife but I loved the form factor, grip, etc.
I left it on the bed cover of my truck the other day while unboxing some towing equipment in a parking lot and took off accidentally.
Looked at Amazon to replace it and they’re going for $200+ now. Is this just Amazon tax? Tarrifs? Something else? No way in hell I paid that for it initially. It was probably $50! It’s listed at $160 on their website right now.
Why?!?! It’s a simple plastic body and a small piece of steel. Make this make sense.
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#40Sandvik 14c28n is common for budget knives. It would be nice to see it on this list.