Can Artificial Intelligence Design a New Knife Steel?
I’ve had multiple people over the past couple years send me steel compositions that ChatGPT came up with....
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KnifeSteelNerds: Cold forging of Knife Steel
I already have a separate article about the mechanisms behind cold forging and rolling, so I will not...
KnifeSteelNerds: Rapid Heat Treating with Salt Pots
“Salt bath” or “salt pot” heat treating refers to the use of molten salts for heating steel. Specific...
KnifeSteelNerds: How to Anneal Stainless Steel After Forging
Should Stainless Steel Be Forged? Stainless steels are generally more difficult to move under the hammer than simple...
KnifeSteelNerds: Artisan’s AR-RPM9 False Advertising? (and Artisan Response)
Dr. Larrin Thomas, creator of MagnaCut steel and the knife community’s favorite metallurgist, recently took Artisan Cutlery to...