USPS delivered it today, and frankly I wasn't even expecting it this week. Who knew :) Well, nice surprise and the knife is even better than I've imagined. Already sharpened on diamond strops, although serious sharpening on whetstones is definitely in order.
Thursday, August 23, 2012 23:06:24
Rather rare specimen, and as with some other knives, I've missed the original release, then I've posted on BF, in wanted to buy section, and few weeks later I got an offer. Cool :) Now, wait till it gets here from Canada, hope it won't get stuck in customs, or worse, lost in transit...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 23:25:03
And 2 mil. milestone hit this morning. About 11 month since 1 mil. was reached, first mil took two years. Anyway, I'm glad it's working for so many out there and I keep working on improvements.
Monday, August 6, 2012 16:02:11
Crucible CPM S60V steel had aliases listed as equivalent alloys, fixed that. Fixed group status for few other alloys. Nothign much, data quality works in short.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 22:13:25
While scouring the search logs, found interesting pattern, someone or some people were submitting very large number of alloy names to the graph query engine. Dunno if it was to cause overflow bug, or whatever, added a limit for 12 names, which is the max a chart can handle properly.
Sunday, July 29, 2012 22:34:19
Nice little knife, which I've had since February 2012. Used it quite a bit and I ma quite happy with the results, very high performance cutter. Major highlight being Bohler-Uddeholm Vanadis 10 steel at 65HRC. Very high alloy steel, but what matter is that Vanadis 10 performs at very high levels too. Very good abrasive resistance, and toughness is quite good for 65HRC steel, no chipping in my use and rests. For detailed review click the link in the title.
Thursday, July 26, 2012 20:47:08
Got the tablet and docking pad for it. PQ is superb, but even though I prefer keyboard for typing, docking keyboard is still weird on the tablet. Too small compared to 17 or even inch laptops and not a tablet either... Dunnno. Anyway, all is cool, except the fact that I can't charge the damn thing from a PC. Needs to be plugged in to AC outlet. Like I said, now I have no excuse not to write tablet version of the Android Knife Steel App.
Thursday, July 26, 2012 00:03:48
Added new paragraph related to sharpening and maintenance of the knife after the edge hits the scalloping. In the first revision I said it would be pretty much useless and not really sharpenable. Later, I've got emails stating that it's still sharpenbale, albeit problematic and the knife would still be usable. So, I've decided to expand on that section. I didn't say it was impossible, but the edge after hitting scalloping will be more fragile and sharpening becomes much more difficult. I think it's not worth it and that's all to it. For the details, read on the review linked above.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 20:51:22
Well, basically the subj. As per multiple user requests, I've added support to run the app from SD card. Unfortunately, due to missing encryption on the SD card in native Android I had to leave data files on the device, which means about 1mb space is still required on the device. Otherwise, I'd have to drop support for older Android versions, below 2.1, and given the fact that several hundred users are still on those, can't do that.
Monday, July 23, 2012 22:38:45
Just got the news from the visitor, not sure when did that happen, I guess a while back, judging by number of ratings in the app description. Anyway, always good to see hard work recognition :)
Saturday, July 21, 2012 18:25:31