knife steel book is available now : ) thanks @Larrin

[dirc]

Larrin is too humble to post about his book release directly, so I thought I'd share the info

(he does have a link to it on his bf signature now, so that's good)

our resident metallurgist has educated us for many years now, and been tireless at separating fact from fiction
I've never had the $ to become a regular patron to his knifesteelnerds website, so I will support him by ordering his book

https://knifesteelnerds.com/2020/07/22/new-book-knife-engineering-steel-heat-treating-and-geometry/
(links to order your copy are near the bottom)

 

[biggerjon]

Pretty cool!

 

[Alberta Ed]

I'm looking forward to my copy.

 

[Fixall]

Mine came in today! See you all in a week or two... I've got some reading to do!

 

[gazz98]

Oh ... congrats Larrin !

I just bought my copy today to do my part!

Maybe if I sleep on it for a few months, some of the concepts might sink in.

 

[Larrin]

Thanks for sharing a link to the book. I’m very proud of it and I hope everyone enjoys it and learns something.

 

[abcdef]

It's always fun to have a brush with the famous on BF.

 

[Currawong]

This looks fantastic. I hope you can resolve the delivery to Australia issue. If you can, I'll order a couple.

 

[Kaizen1]

Ordering...

 

[K-Lastima]

Nothing but the facts. Now that is my kind of reading material.
Putting in a order.

 

[Fanglekai]

Thanks for the thread! Just ordered a copy.

 

[gazz98]

Hey everyone, be on the lookout for my new book. "Everything I didn't understand in Dr. Larrin Thomas's book 'Knife Engineering'".

Release date of early '21. 4 Book set.

 

[Fixall]

Hey everyone, be on the lookout for my new book. "Everything I didn't understand in Dr. Larrin Thomas's book 'Knife Engineering'".

Release date of early '21. 4 Book set.

I’m only about 40 pages in so far but I’m finding it refreshingly easy to read and follow along.

I wish my school textbooks would’ve been this well written.

 

[Kevin Wilkins]

Cool, I just ordered my copy from Amazon.de, should arrive on Friday!

 

[pxl]

I ordered one in Gemany. Looking forward to it!

 

[Larrin]

I’m only about 40 pages in so far but I’m finding it refreshingly easy to read and follow along.

I wish my school textbooks would’ve been this well written.

That’s what I like to hear!

 

[patrickguignot]

The table 15.2 at page 174 is pure knife porn
A huge table with ratings (0 to 10) of all steels for toughness, edge retention and corrosion resistance (+ Rc range).
The Holy Grail

 

[Larrin]

The table 15.2 at page 174 is pure knife porn
A huge table with rating (0 to 10) of all steels for toughness, edge retention and corrosion resistance (+ Rc range).
The Holy Grail

I think this is my first available “knife steel ratings” chart.

 

[dirc]

That's a brave thing to attempt... because 0 to 10 ratings just don't do justice to the nuance of reality... I like how you addressed this issue in your article
https://knifesteelnerds.com/2018/09/03/ranking-the-steel-ranking-articles/

excellent work

 

[gazz98]

I’m only about 40 pages in so far but I’m finding it refreshingly easy to read and follow along.

I wish my school textbooks would’ve been this well written.

Hehe. Good. It was meant as a joke. I'm looking forward to my copy and starting from the beginning. One reason I probably struggle a little bit with the knowledge of his articles and website is that I kept having to go back to earlier to articles to get stuff explained. Now I can start at chapter 1 and go forward and re-read when necessary. I do suffer from mild dyslexia, so I tend to have to re-read things (especially technical stuff). That is one reason my posts are somewhat jumbled if I don't re-read them a few times.

This is NO way meant to reflect Larrins ability to write, teach, and educate. Let me make that perfectly clear. It was a joke at my lack of brains (ask my wife).