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Knife Steel Nerds

KnifeSteelNerds: Wootz – The True Damascus Steel?

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H. Clay Aalders

The history of Wootz is almost as old as steel itself so we cannot do an exhaustive history...

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KnifeSteelNerds: Matrix Steels K888 and CPM-1V

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H. Clay Aalders

Matrix high speed steels were developed in the 1960’s by VASCO. I previously wrote about historical and current...

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Knife Steel Nerds: USA vs Europe – Powder Metallurgy Knife Steels

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H. Clay Aalders

Jim Sutton of Zapp Tooling Alloys contacted me recently to talk about testing their Z-Wear. Zapp has...

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Knife Steel Nerds: Innovators that Changed Knife Steel

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H. Clay Aalders

This video is amusing. Dr. Larrin spends the first half in character as a reporter on an old...

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KnifeSteelNerds: How to Heat Treat K390

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H. Clay Aalders

K390 Steel and Heat Treating Background I already have a video and article about the history and properties...

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