Well I guess my real world experience of butchering a decent amount of animals with different steels and hardness is completely irrelevant as you are telling my results are false.
Have fun in your bubble.
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I Tested the Edge Retention of 48 Steels
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Have fun in your bubble.
Oeps….I thought/ hoped this conversation had stopped …Please
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You said that. I am not even thinking something like this.
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No, it's optimal. Ceramic blades have best and longest edges. Are they optimal?
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Can we get this thread back on track? It is about edge retention of steels, not toughness.
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Will you please make a new thread about the subject you wish to discuss?
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58 Hrc is optimal hardness for all blade steels.
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No need, i'm finished.
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I made a custom CATRA blade in Dr Larrin's new high edge retention steel called MagnaMax,
I traveled to Golden, Colorado to test it in the Spyderco laboratory.
The amount of cards cut on the first stroke was very impressive.
Overall, if comparing to other steels and the geometry and hardness are normalized for an apples to apples comparison then It is definitely in the K390/10V range
I traveled to Golden, Colorado to test it in the Spyderco laboratory.
The amount of cards cut on the first stroke was very impressive.
Overall, if comparing to other steels and the geometry and hardness are normalized for an apples to apples comparison then It is definitely in the K390/10V range
That’s nice to hear about edge retention of that blade in the new steel. Stainless K390 like……I made a custom CATRA blade in Dr Larrin's new high edge retention steel called MagnaMax,
I traveled to Golden, Colorado to test it in the Spyderco laboratory.
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The amount of cards cut on the first stroke was very impressive.
Overall, if comparing to other steels and the geometry and hardness are normalized for an apples to apples comparison then It is definitely in the K390/10V range
How about the chipping/rolling ( edge stability/ toughness) in comparison when hardened to the hrc the steel was tested at? And at what hardness was it tested?
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That’s nice to hear about edge retention of that blade in the new steel. Stainless K390 like……
How about the chipping/rolling ( edge stability/ toughness) in comparison when hardened to the hrc the steel was tested at? And at what hardness was it tested?
The edge stability will be highly enjoyable but results generally speaking will vary like it always does with any steel due different processing, HT, sharpening etc.
This CATRA blade was at 66.5rc so it was attempting to test the limits of the material.
The future looks bright.