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

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Post by johnisgood »

p-s-v wrote: post #27
keisborg wrote: post #18

I looked through most of the charts, and I it seems like you cannot get the best of two worlds. Can you get good edge retention, ease of sharpening and toughness at the same time? It would be nice with an example on how knife steel properties work. I assume there are balanced tradeoffs.

that is correct, edge retention, ease of sharpening and toughness usually come at a trade off to one another. A harder blade is more brittle (less tough) and keeps its edge longer... but is also more difficult to sharpen once it gets dull.... generally speaking.

H1 and H2 seems to fare well on all properties except edge retention.

I would probably be interested in a knife that has high corrosion resistance, toughness, and edge retention; ease of sharpening might not be that much of a concern, personally, but correct me if I am wrong and it actually matters despite toughness.

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Post by arh68 »

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…

I feel like the prices have gone up for years & years. I thought my Spyderco was a cheaper alternative to Benchmade, but now they're basically all $100+. $65 is now $130 or so.

My guess is collectors that'll buy at almost any price. Some knives from the '80s that used to cost $25 are simply eye-watering today (well past 10x).

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

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

abcd_f wrote: post #62

Any plans to add Japanese steels? https://knivescombined.com/pages/steels

Yep. I see VG10, which some Japanese knives use. But I wanted to compare it to SG2, which is not listed. Nor AUS10.

And also the non-stainless Carbon steels.

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

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Post by whalesalad »

shawn_w wrote: post #78
jerrac wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Houge's the brand. RSK-Mk1 is the model (Ritter Survival Knife). Sold exclusively at https://knifeworks.com/dr/ Benchmade used to make a variant of their Griptilian that he designed (the "Ritter Grip", and when they discontinued it, Hogue stepped up (proceeds go to support Ritter's https://kniferights.org/ organization)

Yikes those are all extremely expensive for what they are.

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

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Post by malablaster »

p-s-v wrote: post #73
malablaster wrote: post #72

The graph you chose feels useless to me. It seems like you built this without a target use case, neither practical nor academic.

are you interested in steels? what do you think would be better?

When I’m buying a new knife I have a temporary interest in steels. For those times I might want something that guides me through whether there’s a steel that is better for my use case than Magnacut. Last time I was into researching steels I made my own spreadsheet.

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

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Post by Zak »

whalesalad wrote: post #86
shawn_w wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Houge's the brand. RSK-Mk1 is the model (Ritter Survival Knife). Sold exclusively at https://knifeworks.com/dr/ Benchmade used to make a variant of their Griptilian that he designed (the "Ritter Grip", and when they discontinued it, Hogue stepped up (proceeds go to support Ritter's https://kniferights.org/ organization)

Yikes those are all extremely expensive for what they are.

Here's a parametric search for other knives that are made in the USA out of the same materials. They're all expensive. Fortunately, there are very good pocket knives for under a third the price from brands like Civivi, Vosteed, and CJRB if those specific points aren't critical.

https://www.bladehq.com/cat--Pocket-Knives--45?sort=price_as...

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