Thanks again to Shinichi Watanabe, who provided compositions and explanatory info for the Shirogami 1A, Shirogami 1B, Shirogami 2A, Shirogami 2B, Aogami 1A, Aogami 1B, Aogami 2A and Aogami 2B steels.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 20:19:33
Found another new source, added bunch of new names for Romanian STAS, German DIN and W-Nr standards. Fixed few more grouping errors as well.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 22:20:01
Went through Latrobe, Crucible and Diehl steel listings, again. Well, I do that periodically to keep up with their new alloys. Nothing super existing, I did find a new one, sort of, Latrobe now lists CPM 20CV steel, which is identical in composition with Duratech 20CV steel, and interestingly no longer listed on Latrobe site, while CPM 20CV is not listed on Crucible site.
Monday, August 15, 2011 22:10:25
AISI 420 steel One of the oldest and mostwidel used steels in the knives and I had the composition off... I suspect it was messed up back when the database didn't support alloy groups with multiple compositions. Well, it's all good now, according to AISI specs.
Sunday, August 14, 2011 22:25:38
AISI 420 steel One of the oldest and mostwidel used steels in the knives and I had the composition off... I suspect it was messed up back when the database didn't support alloy groups with multiple compositions. Well, it's all good now, according to AISI specs.
Sunday, August 14, 2011 22:25:38
Several fixes in the database. Added Latrobe Lescowear tool steel composition. Merged Vascowear, Z-Wear, Cru-Wear and Lescowear with Latrobe LSS-PGK and Lohman PGK steel group. They're way too similar to be in differnt groups. Thanks BF's Mastiff for pointing that out.
Saturday, August 13, 2011 23:25:58
After entering bunch of Bestar steels, including DIN, W-Nr and AISI equivalents, number of alloy names in the steel chart exceeded 3000, it is 3003 at this moment, but once I finish Bestar catalog it'll be larger.
Friday, August 12, 2011 18:31:25
One of the very few knives I've designed myself, and I still think it's a very sexy knife :) Updated review with some new(relative to the review that is) data about CPM 3V, fixed grammar and spelling errors as much as I could, more detailed description of certain parts, that's pretty much it. Very nice knife, made out of the very good steel.
Thursday, August 11, 2011 18:38:00
Manix 2, form the sprint run long ago. One of the rarest Manixes, if not the rarest, only 400 made. Actually, what I really cared about was the CPM S90V steel. The rest just jacked up the price. 360$ for that folder is quite steep. Still, I wanted it, and now I have it, so I am happy. Nice, medium size folder and QC is top notch. I am not too fond of the CF texture, I'd much rather have smooth CF like on other knives, but I can always mod it. Second Spyderco that I actually like.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 21:13:10
It is the most modded folder in my collection, well the two of them I have are. Last mod was the handle swap, again, on the Tom Krein regrind, which was rehardened by Phil Wilson earlier. Updated first section of the review, added new photos. I'll rework the complete review soon, It's been 12+ years I have been carrying those knives and the review does need revamping, given all the mods and data accumulated.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 00:22:39