After more research and help from Ben Dale(Edge-Pro Inc founder), the new, improved table is ready. Currently it has Edge-Pro grit value conversions to Japanese Waterstone grits and microns. If you have more info on that, please contact me.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 14:33:51
As per users request, added chemical element explanation help to the graph toolbar. Now you can invoke it just like from the interactive knife steel composition chart. I'm on the roll today :)
Saturday, February 27, 2010 19:48:08
Kigami(Yellow) saw steel. Also used in cutlery. Makeup identical to Shirogami Saw steel composition, except higher percentage of the impurities P and S. That should conclude today's Hitachi YSS steel saga.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 18:13:20
Added Hitachi YSS Shirogami Saw (White for Saw) steel to the chart. High carbon steel, relatively similar to Shirogami 3 steel composition. Apparently used in knives and razor baldes, besides band saws.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 16:02:28
What a day :) First I had to review and correct the Aogami Super steel composition, then Aogami 1 steel composition and then Aogami 2 steel composition. Then I got another soruce, listing compositions slightly differently. After research and crossreferencing I had to update the three above and to make things right the rest of the Shirogami and Kigami steels in the chart.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 15:57:21
Added relevant link, steel composition references, forged vs. stamped comments and fixed few minor errors. I have not used this G-61 one for a while, just sharpened it few times, but old testing notes are still intact. Enjoy.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 13:38:38
Hitachi Aogami 2 steel composition and Aogami 1 steel composition were missing range values for Si, Mn, Cr and W too. Added them.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:38:23
Hitachi Aogami Super steel composition was missing range values. Added them.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:24:03
That waterstone is a monster. The largest I have and that's what makes it so useful and easy with sharpening. Overall, I am very happy with it, perofrmance is good, water consumption is good, gotta be a little careful with it, Aotos are on the softer side, but it's a superb stone. Details in the review.
Friday, February 26, 2010 23:19:03
Added information pop-ups for long running operations. I.e. Sort and Show/Hide column functions that take considerable time now display pop-up window for the duration of the operation. So, you don't have to guess if the browser is hanging or what else...
Friday, February 26, 2010 20:16:34