Revolutionary new steel under development

Do a forum search for "liquidmetal." R.W. Clark has been heavily involved in testing its applications for knife making.
 
Time will tell if it has the wear resistance and hardness that knives require.

I wonder if the amorphous nature if the material will work against it..with no crystal structure will the edge be too slippery as was the case with LM.
 
DarvaGlass is just another in a long stream of labs riding LMT and CalTechs shirt tails. All of the applications UVa is reporting as "potential" fields have already been done very successfully by LMT.

Edge too slick for knife applications? Every material has its own personality. A off the buffer finish and polished edge do not suit the characteristics of LM1. With a 220-400 grit edge LM1 cuts great. But then, very few makers who worked with LM1 bothered to listen to my advice on the material and just went about treating it like any other material. This resulted in alot of blades being released with destroyed amorphic structures due to heat damage from things like buffing and rapid machining.
 
thanks for the follow-up RW. It's all quite interesting...but the cost can be prohibitive for those desiring "experimentation"...:(

Glad to hear you've stuck with the LM steel.
 
Cost is most certainly an issue. But no more than Talonite, and less than Timascus or SS damascus.

Lucky for me I don't have to pay for the stuff I play with. I have done all types of nasty awfull stuff to LM1. I have intentionally destroyed more LM1 than all anyone would care to think of.
 
"With a 220-400 grit edge LM1 cuts great." What stones does one use to sharpen this stuff? I'm accustomed to using Japanese waterstones and getting that mirrored edge ,so you piqued my curiousity(sp) .
TIA
Jorge
 
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