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Zimaloy Co-Cr-Mo alloy
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From your other thread on Zimaloy:
You are looking a different hardness scale.
There are several Rockwell scales. Alloys of interest to knife folks are measured on the Rockwell "C" scale.
The reference I found to Zimaloy listed the Rockwell hardness as "80-100 R" That would be the R scale used for plastics and has no translation to "C" scale values. I would hazard a guess that Zimaloy actually equates to less than 20 Rockwell C hardness. This is a good hardness for structural (bio-implant) applications, but would be far too soft for a blade.
You are looking a different hardness scale.
There are several Rockwell scales. Alloys of interest to knife folks are measured on the Rockwell "C" scale.
The reference I found to Zimaloy listed the Rockwell hardness as "80-100 R" That would be the R scale used for plastics and has no translation to "C" scale values. I would hazard a guess that Zimaloy actually equates to less than 20 Rockwell C hardness. This is a good hardness for structural (bio-implant) applications, but would be far too soft for a blade.