Finally :) After last 2 days of frantic debugging and bug fixing, all seems to be working fine, and the new chart with bunch of new features and over 200 new alloys is online. As usual, thanks to everyone who helped, cheered, provided data or corrections. Constructive criticism and improvement ideas are always welcome.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 00:18:16
All the major features of the knife steel chart 3.0 are ready. Now the help files and testing. I sure hope nothing serious comes up to delay new version release any further.
Monday, February 14, 2011 13:22:34
Most of the client side scripting is complete, just bugfixing left, is I find any. Directory listing support added, and it's 100% done. I still need to tweak search algorithm for specific search types, but in 3.0 version you could type like /steels/pm and it'd display all PM steels in thedatabase, or /steels/crucible to see all the alloys form Cricible :) If all goes as planned, by Saturday I should finish up necessary changes to search engine and graph builder, then testing and help file updates. Target publishing day - this Sunday.
Thursday, February 10, 2011 21:58:50
Takeshi contacted me today, good news, after over a year of waiting, I finally got the confirmation, Shigefusa kiaeeji usuba is ready and en route to Takeshi :)
Monday, February 7, 2011 22:15:03
Half way done rewriting search engine. The problem with old, or to be precise, the existing one is that when the search string matches a record in the database, all the compositions are displayed for the given group, along with the reference group names, and because the names are sorted, the actual searched composition often ends up in the middle of the recordset. New search fixes that problem, but I still have to finish that feature and then there's more to code...
Saturday, February 5, 2011 00:20:19
As promised, the photos :) I'm quite proud of the results. Sharpening is one thing, but bringing the knife back from the dead is another. Obviously, that or any other knife, will not survive too many repairs like that, without being reduced to paring knife class, granted you start with a santoku. And for comparison, here's the before pic, with the broken tip and mutilated edge.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 17:50:15
I'll post comparative images tomorrow, but in general, the whole thing worked out just perfect. Can't say it's better than new, but it's almost like new ;) I'll sharpen it tomorrow and begin testing. To be honest, if I not consulted Dave Marteell's, the guy running japaneseknifesharpening.com, it would've been far worse. So, my sincere thanks goes to Dave, once again.
Sunday, January 30, 2011 23:41:48
Photos coming probably tomorrow. That was fast though, ordered mid week from knifeworks, got today, Sat. Limited edition, knofeworks exclusive. Very nicely made knife, zero blade play in any direction. Smoothest G10 handle I have seen. It was an impulse buy, but I'm very happy with initial impressions. Bohler-Uddeholm M390 steel was major interest point in purchasing this knife. We'll see how it works out.
Saturday, January 29, 2011 23:39:02
Borrowed two kitchen knives, for sharpening, resting etc. One is Shun Elite santoku, SG2 steel, and I am quite interested in that. Second is Henckels Miyabi paring knife, VG-10 steel, a.k.a. MC 60. Nice little knife. Both knives have their edges completely foobared. Really, I have not seen too many edges that screwed up. Santoku has broken tip too. I'll upload the photos this weekend. Worth a good study under a microscope.
Friday, January 28, 2011 22:48:22