A good example of a blade that should have oil applied to it often is steel mixed with high levels of carbon such as 420HC. Oiling the steel ensures water runs off of it and does not penetrate the pores in the steel, creating rust. Some knife steels, like VG-10, have carbon and st...
09/07/2018 – Larrin over atKnife Steel Nerdshas written a great critiqueranking the steel ranking articles of various knife blogs, including my article here. If you are interested in taking a deep dive into the science of steel, then you owe it to yourself to check out Knife Steel Nerds...
two big reasons were: 1) I didn’t yet have articles explaining what edge retention and toughness even is (this was early on in Knife Steel Nerds), 2
Refer to our Knife Steel Composition Chart for more details on these elements. TLDR: Our Favorite Knife Steels CPM-S90V (Edge Retention) : See CPM-S90V knives on Amazon / On Blade HQ CPM-S35VN (Value) : See CPM-S35VN knives on Amazon / On Blade HQ 14C28N (Budget) : See 14C28N ...
All these measurement are great (not only) for steel nerds What really surprises me though is the edge retention (TCC) of the S30V. This is a well known steel and one can find many edge retention tests online (while indeed not as scientific as your approach) in which the S30V never get...
CPM Magnacut Advertisement. Credit KnifeSteelNerds.com Is MagnaCut a Stainless Steel? Yes! There are many advantages to the CPM MagnaCut, and one of them is its amazing resistance to rust, stains, and corrosion. MagnaCut is extremely corrosion-resistant yet has a relatively low chromium conten...
I also talked to my fellow knife nerds, and I truly gained an appreciation for this solid EDC. Now I’m going to have to add this automatic knife to my list of future purchases, though there REALLY isn’t ANY room. But that’s just the dangerous professional hazards we here at Blade...
You’ll notice that above the composition chart for M390 here (not M390MK), it does clarify that this is the “average” composition. For a steel with a standard specification, such as D2, there is a required composition range for each element. So even though D2 might have an average ...
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Thanks to Todd Kroenlein and David for becomingKnife Steel Nerds Patreonsupporters! Cementite The most basic carbide type in steel is an intermetallic compound formed between iron and carbon, commonly called cementite. Carbides are hard and brittle, similar to a ceramic material. Cementite has a re...