The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

[510Whisper]

Speaking of "bull stories"... So an out of town homeland security agent rolls up on a farmer and wants to cross his fenced property...

 

[patrickguignot]

There is no need for Magnamax, 3V can do it all. Just change the thickness and edge angle and you will have more edge retention than carbides can give you.

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What's the origin of this graph? I don't think it's from Knife Steel Nerds.

 

[Synov]

What's the origin of this graph? I don't think it's from Knife Steel Nerds.

The data are from Knife Steel Nerds but the graph is my own compilation of it, and the dotted lines are from my analysis of the effects of reducing the thickness of a blade proportionally throughout (while keeping the bevel heights the same).

 

[SharpBits]

My mom said that the Japanese smoke like a train and they're not dying of lung cancer. They just don't eat a lot of sugar.

https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(21)03394-3/fulltext

They have one of the highest rates of early detection which goes along way to preventing death by cancer.

 

[Caba]

Hi Nathan, have any of the LC or MC tried sneaking out of the shop? Or are they still hibernating?