GOST 85 steel is an equivalent of the AISI 1085 steel, except its specification allows for small amounts of the Cr, Ni, and Cu, later is pretty common in a lot of Russian steels.
Monday, June 20, 2011 12:32:30
JIS SKS2 steel in the database now. With exact compositon from JIS standard too.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 21:04:30
Had it for awhile, nice knife, one of the latest super alloys out there - Bohler-Uddeholm M390 steel. Super or not, the knife is really well made and I'd say one of the best from all Benchmade 800 series I have ever seen or handled. Carbon fiber handles, ergonomic handle, nice bladewith dual thumbsutd. Ireally like it. Details in the review, including more photos and technical specs.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 17:27:04
Next version is up with tons of updates, improvements and most importantly, with synchronization with central database. Details in the application page. Unfortunately, I had to change app id, so downloading the new version won't replace the old one, you need to remove the old app manually, sorry. I've lost all the good ratings on the app in the process too :(
Sunday, June 5, 2011 00:00:00
Even though I was planning to publish android steel chart 2.0 two weeks ago, I've decided to spend more time testing, and coding few extra improvements. As of today, all coding is done, and tomorrow morning I'll run few more tests, package the whole thing and upload to the market. Long time, but I think the improvements were worth it. At least, I find the app more robust and easier to use. Plus the synchronixzation is working :)
Saturday, June 4, 2011 23:54:05
All the major features and improvements are coded. The only thing left is the incovation of the synchronizator on schedule. it works for manual invocation, now all that's left to invoke it automatically, when the schedule kicks in. I figure that's about an hour or so, tomorrow. Then, a day or two of testing, for all sorts of failure situations and the release is ready. Already have some improvement ideas, but I don't want to postpone release any longer.
Monday, May 23, 2011 00:00:40
Got exciting news from Amy-O today, Hog Muck I got on last ganza was shipped, I'm really bad with Busse ganzas, constantly forget time differences, etc, but this is the second time I got lucky ;) Pix on arrival...
Thursday, May 19, 2011 22:19:52
CTS-20p steel was strangely missing from the knife steel composition chart. Strange, considering the amount of the time i've spent on Carpenter's website sifting through the steel specs and diagrams. Anyway, it's an alias of Carpenter 420CW steel. It's there now.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 22:21:54
It's a present for a friend, but I get to play with it for a few days and I'll sharpen it as well. It does have a sharp edge, but it has more of a V type than convex edge and I can definitely polish the edge and shinogi mucho better. Interesting knife, very good quality, Takefu V2 steel hagane at 63-64HRC, with stainless jigane.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 22:40:18
The knife arrived today. Packed in black/red box. Looking pretty cool. Mucho bigger than anticipated, even though I knew it was a big one. Titanium handle is nice, CPM S30V steel blade is pretty sharp, lockup very solid. Can't say I like it more than BM 710 folder, but it's a good knife in the end.At lest from the first looks.
Monday, May 2, 2011 22:47:18