Special thanks to Mr. Sal Glesser, the owner of Spyderco knives, who clarified the situation. Latrobe and Niagara steels(UK) became distributors of the Crucible CPM steels, at least some of those.
Sunday, August 22, 2010 23:28:12
I was revisiting Latrobe site last night, few new things. One is that Latrobe offers several CPM steel, which were Crucible proprietary alloys, and CPM is Crucible proprietary process too. Several new alloys appeared, some old ones disappeared. I'll post updates soon. Not sure what's the deal with Latrobe offering CPM steels yet. Can be license, or straight sales or don't know what else.
Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:12:06
120W cold work tool steel composition was added to the chart. As far as I can tell it's pretty much Vanadium-less version of the 120WV4 steel.
Friday, August 20, 2010 09:21:08
That is one old boning knife I've reviewed now, but it's a pretty standard knife and one other thing about it, it is the victim or a subject in the current stainless steel vs. dishwasher experiment, see detailed log and photos in - Stainless Steel Knives In A Dishwasher, Why You Should Avoid it article.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 18:32:15
New names from several standards for the AISI S1 steel, AISI S7 steel, AISI L2 steel, AISI L3 steel.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 16:24:42
To be precise, updated the Don't fall for the marketing hype section. Added more detailed overview of the factory forging process, I assume it's only beneficial for the buyers to understand what exactly is happening at the factory before shelling out extra money for the features marketing pushes.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 21:50:37
Added AISI 400C stainless steel composition. Very low carbon steel and I was really surprised to find out it was actually used in knives.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 15:31:23
I had no idea, but apparently the popular AISI 52100 steel had 4 modifications. Corresponding names 52100 Mod 1, 52100 Mod 2, 52100 Mod 3 and 52100 Mod 4. I know, not very imaginative ;) But at least clear enough.
Monday, August 16, 2010 19:36:18
Doh, with all the projects I'm working on, somehow I missed the milestone.
Sunday, August 15, 2010 20:51:27
95X18 steel - Russian version of the AISI 440C steel. Unlike western counterparts, contains 0.20% Titanium. Used by Kizlyar knives
Sunday, August 15, 2010 20:47:43