Wanted to release it last week, but decided to add Recently Viewed feature, one user asked for it, and I figured it was a good idea. Fixed two more or less serious issues with navigation and one graphics glitch. UI is more unified and in line with overall black theme.
Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:21:44
Added two alloys made by Outokumpu, at least one of them is used by British knife company, namely SF.100 steel, and another is E1.30% steel, which is plain high carbon steel, similar to Hitachi Shirogami 1 steel, except not as pure on contaminants(P, S).
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 12:25:34
Wow, what a surprise form apple, or may be third time was a charm? Unlike previous two versions, review process took 7 business days(9 if we count just days), instead of 10 business days. What a progress :) 30% faster... Imagine that, reviewing small app again and again, with improved efficiency, who says Apple won't innovate and improve. Anyhow added listing support, iphone 5 support and few ui tweaks, designed to improve user productivity.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 20:43:58
Added several records for Chinese GB standard, Japanese JIS standard, about a dozen proprietary names fro couple German makers and so on. Updated notes on several CPM alloys based on the information provided by Niagara Specialty Metals president, Mr. Bob Shabala, my sicere thanks for help.
Thursday, October 4, 2012 23:16:11
Sent the new version today. Can't say Apple makes it easy though. Complicated submission process, plus had to add new screenshots for iphone 5 and so on. All that on top of new features and iphone 5 support. Whatever, now another 2 weeks of waiting for the review and you'll have it.
Monday, October 1, 2012 22:51:11
One more limited edition Busse, Anorexic LE Hog Muk. Small utility knife, very capable at that. Anorexic in Busse terms means extra lean and thin, which for the knife of this size is unquestionably a positive change. Well, fat Busse aficionados may disagree, but that's why there are different knives ;) I'm pretty happy with Nessnuk inspired Hog Muk design and even ordered custom version from Shinichi Watanabe. Good knife, from very reputable maker, details in the detailed review ;)
Sunday, September 30, 2012 15:07:51
Dough up new sources, entering as I get spare time. steadily approaching 5000 alloy mark :) New versions of the iphone and Android apps are also in works.
Thursday, September 20, 2012 23:23:12
Two new GOST alloy compositions added: 11x4v2mf3s2 steel wich happens to be nearly identical with Sharon Steel 1095 Cro-Van, and now discontinued R9K10 high speed tool steel. Moved CSN 19830 steel to the correct group, it's similar to AISI M2 tool steel, but missing Cobalt places it in the same group with W-Nr - 1.3343 steel.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 23:53:43
Finally, after very long time, the knife is complete. Blade made by Shinichi Watanabe, according to my specs, using Aogami 2 steel, and the handle was done by Dave Martel, although I didn't provide any specs for that. So Dave was left with quite a challenge, to create a matching handle for rahter unique blade. I think overall result is just terrific. Pix will be coming soon. The wood used in the handle is Hawaian Signature, and frankly I have never heard of it, but has very intricate looks, ferrule is African Blackwood, which does make a good choice for the ferrule. In short, I've missed PO today, so I have to pick it up tomorrow morning. Can't wait :)
Saturday, September 8, 2012 00:01:45
Revised statistics calculations for the steel of the day and top steels for last 7 days sections, specifically, excluded comparison results from top steels sections, since lots of comparisons are hardcoded links either on my site or on many other places on the net, thus alloy being in the comparison doesn't necessarily represent interest in particular one, it can be just part of the pre-made comparison. Working on search history stats, which is quite interesting to me at least, hopefully for steelheads out there too.
Monday, August 27, 2012 23:14:09