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Re: Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool

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Post by smiley1437 »

bberenberg wrote: post #4

I would be interested to see all the steel types ranked by total surface area within the polygon.

I went through manually and these appear to have the highest volumes:

H1

H2

CPM Magnacut

Sandvik 12C27

Interestingly they are all weak on Edge Retention.

Re: Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool

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Post by p-s-v »

Retr0id wrote: post #38
p-s-v wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

shrug, if you search around youll see that isnt true

Re: Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool

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Post by zikduruqe »

whalesalad wrote: post #39

Tangent: 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 p…

Television, survival, bushcraft, social media.

It used to be knowledge based survival skills, but today it is all gear based survival skills. Prices have gone crazy.

Re: Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool

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Post by jerrac »

whalesalad wrote: post #39

Tangent: 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 p…

Look up the Ritter Houge, or something like that. I think it's a less (maybe) expensive version of the griptilian from the same designer. I think. Could be wrong.

Re: Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool

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Post by Zak »

globular-toast wrote: post #33
LooseMarmoset wrote: post #9

As 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.

Wüsthof prints the steel it uses on the blades of many of its knives: X50CrMoV15[0], which is also called 1.4116 and 5Cr15MoV.

It's not in OP's tool, but this article[1] by metallurgist Larrin Thomas includes it. His ratings are 2.5 for toughness, 2.5 for wear resistance, and 8 for corrosion resistance. It is a bad steel for any kind of knife and especially bad at Wüsthof's prices.

[0] https://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelgraph.php?nm=X50CrMoV...

[1] https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/10/19/knife-steels-rated-by...

Re: Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool

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Post by shawn_w »

smiley1437 wrote: post #42
bberenberg wrote: post #4

I would be interested to see all the steel types ranked by total surface area within the polygon.

I went through manually and these appear to have the highest volumes: H1 H2 CPM Magnacut Sandvik 12C27 Interestingly they are all weak on Edge Retention.

Calling magnacut weak on edge retention is an... interesting take. It's not record setting, but it's far, far above the other 3 you listed.

The data this site is using really seems questionable.

Re: Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool

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Post by shawn_w »

whalesalad wrote: post #39

Tangent: 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 p…

Benchmade has raised their prices over the years to the point where it's hard to justify most of their knives unless you're a big fan with disposable income.
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