After last few days of intensive steel data source scouring, 6000 mark has been surpassed :) That's a lot of alloys. Did major data integrity check today, found a few errors, obviously fixed them all. I'll probably add new standards as well.
Friday, July 18, 2014 00:24:45
New features, bug fixes, and most importantly big performance improvements.
Sunday, July 13, 2014 20:28:35
New design, or perhaps an evolution of Benchmade 940 Osborne. Has been out for some time, but I wanted something better than CPM S30V steel, which is a very solid knife steel on its own. Eventually, KnifeWorks had an exclusive run of Contegos, in Bohler-Uddeholm M390 steel. That was in December 2013. Have been carrying since then, and finally managed to allocate time to collect notes and compile a review.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 00:22:36
Had it for a while, but never had time to finish the review properly, usage section was empty. Well, not it's not. I suppose it wasn't a good idea to put few years of use in great detail, but condensed summary is there, including what i had to do to maintain the edge. Overall, exceptional performer in the kitchen. Fun to use, very easy to maintain. Details in the review.
Saturday, June 21, 2014 15:31:38
One more custom knife from Phil Wilson. I've picked it up as is, it's not my design, or changed in any way. Superb cutter, easy to use. Bohler-Uddeholm K294 steel from which it is made was one of the reasons I wanted to have it, and the blade geometry is different from most of the utility knives I have. Interesting piece, and a real workhorse. Details in the review.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 21:37:17
New features, few fixes, performance improvements. Now you have bookmarks too ;) Details on appstore and zvisoft page.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 21:36:51
Lots of new features, bug fixes, performance improvements. Last two times Apple reviewed the app in a day, let's hope they will do the same this time.
Monday, June 16, 2014 23:19:11
Fixed Bohler-Uddeholm Vanax 35 steel data. It is a PM steel, but was missing that piece of info. Added several new names for DIN and W-Nr standards.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 00:12:32
Fixed an issue where identical names from different standards were pointing to the same url. Now each goes to its own file. Updated numerous notes, too many to list, in last 2 weeks.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 23:50:46
Got contacted by Chroma representative regarding my Chroma Kitchen Knives Reviews. For one, steel info was incorrect, and that was rectified, not AISI 301 steel, which is a construction steel, but a proprietary, Japanese made alloy, called Type 301. How creative :) Especially that on the knives it says pure 301 steel, not even the word "type", and what can you find when searching 301. Why not put that info on their site, beyond me. Frustrating to some degree. Anyway, looks like I will be getting a new knife to test, as the results were too negative and they're sure something was way off. For the record, Type 301 is similar to Chromova 18 stele used in Globals, which in turn is said to be Aichi AUS118 steel.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 19:30:28