NASA/CalTech's LiquiDiamond

[strategy9]

So along with sports updates and what have you, THIS showed up in my google news feed this morning, (based on my knife related search history I'm sure).
https://coolmaterial.com/gear/outdoors/ultimatedge-knives-knife/

And this was my initial follow up search results.
https://www.liquidiamondknives.com/pages/learn-more

Greatest advancement in knifemaking in a century?
Non-brittle 70 hrc?
Self sharpening?

And ultimate edge is making a survival knife with it... Is this the next great thing in knives, or too good to be true?

 

[DeadboxHero]

They're marketing is very aggressive.


Maarten And Mikkie thought it was better then a basic steel but not legendary.

 

[dkb45]

So in the video they debunk all the claims, aside from corrosion resistance. It didn't seem to perform like anything really special. Didn't suck, didn't Excel.

 

[kniferbro]

Didn't suck, didn't Excel.

Word.

 

[Grease]

So in the video they debunk all the claims, aside from corrosion resistance. It didn't seem to perform like anything really special. Didn't suck, didn't Excel.

We need to get one of these to that guy who did all the rope cut tests with dozens of different steels.