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Ningishzidda will have another steel with high wear and toughness.
Project is completed. Hope to go in production in this year.![]()
If materials will be available soon, in this year.
I am serching advanced materials for handle and checking availability.
How would K490 compare to vanadis 4E ?
All steel that you write are third generation powder metallurgy. Croucible is second generation.
impact energy unnotched in joule
K890 at 60Rc is 105 j
K890 at 62Rc is 95 j
K490 at 62Rc is 80 j with the almost the same wear resistance as M4
http://www.bohler-edelstahl.com/files/K890DE.pdf
http://www.bohler-edelstahl.com/english/files/K490DE.pdf
Uddeholm Vanadis 4E ( Crucible has now created cpm 4V with the same make-up)
at 58 Rc is 70j
at 60 Rc is 60j
at 62 Rc is 50j
at 64 Rc is 40j
http://www.uddeholm.com/files/PB_Uddeholm_vanadis_4_extra_english.pdf
See for comparison : http://corse76.altervista.org/col.php?noti2=resilienza
I believe wear resistance is slightly less than M4
Maybe the Ningishzidda field knife will look more like a longer X5 with vanadis 4E steel![]()
Ningishzidda will have another steel with high wear and toughness.
Project is completed. Hope to go in production in this year.![]()