I've ended the experiment, missing photos will be added today. Short report is that I ended up with very real rust pitting on the blade. I've decided to rerun the test, because inthis series the dishwasher had no water softener in it, which should've accelerated the rust. On the other hand not all dishwashers have water softener tank in them anyway. So, it was a good test and after I conduct second run, it'll be more data for comparison, at least we'll know how much difference water softener makes in terms of preventing or slowing down corrosion.
Monday, September 6, 2010 11:44:11
Added short descriptions for several popular knife steels and few more Latrobe alloys.
Sunday, September 5, 2010 11:41:48
Added Latrobe CM52 high speed tool steel composiiton. As you can guess, it's Latrobe's version of the AISI M52 tool steel. Pretty much the same steel, a little less Vanadium, 1.85% instead of standard 2%, but a little mode Molybdenum, 4.50% vs. 4.00% in standard specification. That's all.
Saturday, September 4, 2010 20:28:59
Added 120W4 cold work tool steel, 1.2414 W-nr. No direct analog in AISI or any other steel standard I can find. I guess, exclusively German steel.
Friday, September 3, 2010 20:31:07
Courtesy of Takeshi - Aframestokyo. Stone holder plus 500, 2000 and 6000 grit Shapton glass stones. Pretty good chance I'll use them this weekend. Reviews and pix will follow. And my backlog is increasing :(
Thursday, September 2, 2010 21:35:45
Added Krupp Thyrodur2235 steel composition, also known as Thyrodur 2235, which is of the AISI L2 steel.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 18:32:26
Another Russian one, R12F3 high speed tool steel. Equivalent of the W-Nr 1.3318 or DIN S12-1-2 steels.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 21:30:51
9X5VF steel composition added. Russian version of the AISI A2 tool steel. Unlike western counterparts it has 0.80%-1.20% Tungsten(W) added to it. Although, it looks more significant in mass percentage than in molar mass, which translates into ~4-6 atoms to Tungsten per 1000 atoms in the alloy.
Monday, August 30, 2010 20:48:27
Added Russian SHKH20SG steel, also known as SHH20SG, which is listed by its manufacturer as an equivalent all of the following AISI 52100Mod2 steel, AISI 52100Mod3 steel, AISI 52100Mod4 steel.
Sunday, August 29, 2010 22:33:31
Frankly, i'd rather not have to have doing updates like this. Wile researching ceramic knives and that included them, stumbled upon bunch of consumer complaints about their tactics luring customers into buying more items, but at much higher price. Short summary, stay away from their website, and better yet, their knives, but if you insist, it's safer to buy those on ebay. Also added more details on ceramic materials used in various ceramic knives.
Saturday, August 28, 2010 09:59:58