Added GOST 40X13 steel composition, Russian equivalent of the AISI 420 steel. No other info tbesides composition and origin.
Saturday, August 14, 2010 22:18:21
Added GOST 65X13 steel composition. That's a Russian version of the AISI 440A steel. Other than complaints about inconsistent composition nothing really interesting about it.
Saturday, August 14, 2010 00:04:09
Got more precise, read wider spec data and figured out who the maker was, actually two makers.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 08:51:52
Added Aichi Acuto+ steel composition. To be honest, I don't think it's really a new steel or upgrade from Acuto440 steel, their specs are way to similar, and a lot, if not most of the steels have bigger variancein their spec than the difference between Acuto440 and Acuto+. If Aichi can maintain specs that precisely I'm just amazed. At least as the specs are listed on CRKT website, that's the picture we have. On the other hand, from marketing perspective, Acuto+ sounds better than Acuto440, which inevitably brings association with goodl old 440 series stainless steels and that's hardly an association with anything new.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 08:03:17
Minor correction, not really about knives, I had slingshots listed as banned, but apparently it is slung-shot that is outlawed. Reader notified about the problem, thanks!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 13:04:02
Expanded and revised the article regarding the kitchen knives maintenance. Added another big no, to be precise. Hopefully it'll help someone.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 00:47:11
After weeks of no changes, first the discoloration came back, then in 2 consecutive weeks, two new rust groups, one closer to the first spot, another close to the bolster. Strange stuff.
Monday, July 26, 2010 00:11:59
Added Bohler-Uddeholm UHB 20C15 steel composition, which is the cleaner version of the popular AISI 52100 steel.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 22:55:29
Added Dorrenberg DMO5 tool steel composition. Their version of the good old AISI M2 tool steel.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 22:53:12
The CAPTCHA code wasn't showing up in internet explorer, fixed that. Bad testing on my part, when I implemented that contact form, tested it on Firefox and Chrome, but forgot IE. Finally, someone mentioned that problem was on the IE only.
Monday, July 19, 2010 14:25:03