Updated - Aubert & Duval X15TN steel composition, found another document on their website, it had more precise spec, actual ranges for alloying elements, not just averages. Updated quite a few steel notes, including CPM S125V, CPM S110V, CPM 3V, CPM 15V, and few others. Fixed external links in some of the alloy notes, made them internal to be precise. Added popular incorrect names for S125v and S110v, CPM 125V and CPM 110V, both have the same problem, missing S before the number, hopefully that'll help to clear things up.
Monday, March 24, 2014 00:08:22
Fixed FireFox specific bug where search suggestions assistant didn't handle mouseclick correctly.
Saturday, March 1, 2014 18:10:51
Steel chart got speed improvements, which seem to be never enough, given ever increasing number of the alloys in it, and also fixes in Settings dialog functionality. Strongly recommended to set default standard to speed up page loading and then issue searches as necessary, which run against entire database. Knife steel Composition Graph Builder and Analyzer also got fixes and functionality improvements, most important being the ability to navigate to correct alloy when comparing steels with identical names. Added support for urls with standard or maker name in it. E.g. now you could type in url as: http://zknives.com/knives/steels/uni/X90CrMoV18.shtml indicating that you are looking for X90CrMoV18 steel composition and reference info, for UNI standard specifically, note uni just before X90CrMoV18 in the URL.
Thursday, February 20, 2014 13:27:29
Majority of the new names are for the Hungarian MSZ standard, Polish PN standard and few more names for US AISI and German DIN standards.
Monday, February 17, 2014 21:55:31
Picked up Hiromoto gyuto, made out of the Hitachi gin-3 steel. A present for my friend again :) Quite a blade, considering its price. As far as good gyutos go, that one is quite a bargain. Solid performance, in terms of edge holding and superb cutting ability, mainly thanks to very thin blade. Still, I'd classify it as a workhorse, not as a fancy knife. Details in the review. Follow the link.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 22:11:28
After all those years :) Finally, Spyderco published more precise composition. It's still not as precise as I'd like it to be, but better than what it was before. Apparently it had less Wolfram, few other elements were adjusted as well. Cobalt, Niobium and contaminants are specified as trace amounts, although, in that case what would one call 0.10% of Vanadium anyway :) The information is still somwhat incomplete. Well, another decade or two and we might know exact composition :) Follow the link for data.
Monday, January 20, 2014 18:38:26
New alloy, best i can tell, showed up in late 2013, from Zapp. Stainless steel, low on Carbon, just 0.30%, however has pretty respectable 0.50% Nitrogen, and few other things to help with wear resistance, toughness, etc. So far only Spyderco listed in their used steel listings, but no knife announced yet.
Saturday, January 18, 2014 18:13:15
After long break, or long development and testing cycle, new version is up. A lot of new features, and bunch of bugfixes too. Highlights include, Bookmarks system, you can bookmarks alloys as you need, and view bookmarks in a dedicated view, also you can export and import bookmarks from the app, if you need to share or migrate them. Quick search is now at the top of the steel browser, allowing for, you guessed it, quick searches :) Removed menu system, replaced with toolbars. It's faster from the usability point of view, but I'd be lazy to do it just for that, but I got more than one complaint and one 2 star rating because user couldn't figure out how to preform search(!) I thougt all Anndroid users knew about the menu button, but apparently I was wrong. There are a lot more features and fixes, check the changelog on zvisoft.com for details. Enjoy.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013 23:12:39
After long break, or long development and testing cycle, new version is up. A lot of new features, and bunch of bugfixes too. Highlights include, Bookmarks system, you can bookmarks alloys as you need, and view bookmarks in a dedicated view, also you can export and import bookmarks from the app, if you need to share or migrate them. Quick search is now at the top of the steel browser, allowing for, you guessed it, quick searches :) Removed menu system, replaced with toolbars. It's faster from the usability point of view, but I'd be lazy to do it just for that, but I got more than one complaint and one 2 star rating because user couldn't figure out how to preform search(!) I thougt all Anndroid users knew about the menu button, but apparently I was wrong. There are a lot more features and fixes, check the changelog on zvisoft.com for details. Enjoy.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013 23:12:39
One of the very few knives very severely damaged during the tests. But it served science well, and the edge was successfully restored. A present form my coworker, and testing it was partly on his request, but alas it didn't serve as asll in the role of primary kitchen knife as my coworker wanted it to. TO be honest, he does manage to use this tiny knife as a general food prep knife, but I could bit. For a budget knife it isn't a bad piece though.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013 00:24:36