finally got my Knife Engineering Book - Thanks Larrin

BigW · Apr 30, 2025

...had a first glance .... over 400 pages with tons of knowledge ... love it

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Wowbagger · May 1, 2025

I just posted in another thread a quote and a chart of cards cut vs sharpening angle .
Yes THANK YOU Dr. Thomas !
He verified with rigorous scientific method what Cliff Stamp was banging the table about a decade ago .
Buy his books !
WELL WORTH IT !

katguy · May 1, 2025

What was Cliff Stamp talking about? I'd like to read it. Are there links to Cliff's stuff?

abcdef · May 1, 2025

There are no steel nerds before Larrin.

edgelion · May 1, 2025

The nerds have always been. But, at last, a king is found among us.

Mk-211 · May 1, 2025

edgelion said:
The nerds have always been. But, at last, a king is found among us.

Larrin · May 1, 2025

Thanks everyone you are too kind. I'm glad you are enjoying the book.

Larrin · May 1, 2025

katguy said:
What was Cliff Stamp talking about? I'd like to read it. Are there links to Cliff's stuff?

Cliff had a website which is now defunct. You can still see some of the old content through the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20210711021433/http://www.cliffstamp.com/knives/

He also had a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CliffStamp

There was also an attempt to keep a forum alive of those that participated on his old forum: https://www.beyondt01micron.com/

Alberta Ed · May 1, 2025

Now that you're properly hooked, you need Larrin's other book, The Story of Knife Steel.

Dagoth_Blur · May 1, 2025

I keep my copy of Knife Engineering next to the Joy of Cooking. Mr. Becker is good company.

BigW · May 1, 2025

Alberta Ed said:
Now that you're properly hooked, you need Larrin's other book, The Story of Knife Steel.

I only can get the hardcover for AU$ 185 here from Amazon.com.au ....that's approx. US$ 119....for this money it needs a personal signature from the King of Nerds

....(seriously, I will put it on the list...)

also seriously: the Knife Engineering book is really a bargain for the money you have to pay on Amazon (Amazon.com: US$ 24, Amazoncom.au: AU$ 65) considering the (easy understandable!) knowledge outlined by Larrin - once you get a better understanding about quality of different steels and the impact of edge geometry you may treat your knife differently, and you will get very likely more out of your knife, and / or buy exactly the knife you want in the first place....

Eta: corrected the price in US$....