Analysis of Published Journal Article on 8Cr13MoV Knives

[Larrin]

A new journal article was just published on sharpness of knives in 8Cr13MoV including the effects of processing of the steel. Despite being published in a peer reviewed journal, I found a lot to be disappointed in with the quality of the research. Find out why: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/09/09/new-study-on-catra-testing-of-8cr13mov/

 

[Jason Volkert]

Interesting Article Larrin!

 

[Ken H>]

Larrin - am I missing something, but it sounds (reads) like they really didn't do all that good a job of testing. My thinking is a report like that should have required info to allow other folks to do same test and reproduce the results.

Larrin, just shows how lucky we are to have you producing your papers to help us learn.

 

[Larrin]

Larrin - am I missing something, but it sounds (reads) like they really didn't do all that good a job of testing. My thinking is a report like that should have required info to allow other folks to do same test and reproduce the results.

Larrin, just shows how lucky we are to have you producing your papers to help us learn.

Yes there were some failures of the peer review process here, even if the reviewers were unfamiliar with CATRA, as they likely were.