KnifeSteelNerds: Introduction to Knife Steel Heat Treating from a Metallurgist
I have many articles about all of the nitty gritty details of heat treating and the metallurgy behind...
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KnifeSteelNerds: Wootz – The True Damascus Steel?
The history of Wootz is almost as old as steel itself so we cannot do an exhaustive history...
KnifeSteelNerds: Matrix Steels K888 and CPM-1V
Matrix high speed steels were developed in the 1960’s by VASCO. I previously wrote about historical and current...
Knife Steel Nerds: USA vs Europe – Powder Metallurgy Knife Steels
Jim Sutton of Zapp Tooling Alloys contacted me recently to talk about testing their Z-Wear. Zapp has...
Knife Steel Nerds: Innovators that Changed Knife Steel
This video is amusing. Dr. Larrin spends the first half in character as a reporter on an old...