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With the last steel chart and graph builder upgrades I've introduced a bug unfortunately. In the graph, on the image soft hyphen unicode in hex was showing up :) Removed that, but not too happy with the fix, need to work on performance some more. Never thought steel chart database would grow this big and now I have issues with performance.

Thursday, June 6, 2013 20:01:35

Changed layout, improved graph readability, changed graph layout as well, fits more elements now, added warning with detailed info when not all alloys fit in the graph and few other upgrades. Fixed a bug when autosuggest wasn't working for alloys containing & symbol. Added javascript versioning for graph specific files, but for core js files you still need to refresh manually using SHIFT + refresh button, otherwise autosuggest will not work.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:20:31

One of the visitors posted a message for me on bladeforums, pointed out a new source - Associated Steel, not much but picked up few alloys names, added to the database already. Trying to follow up with the manufacturer, they don't list the compositions, although claim alloys are improvements over the standard counterparts. Interesting how, could be composition change, or just as easy, better manufacturing process.

Monday, April 8, 2013 21:09:32

One dude complained in app review case steel wasn't there. I've checked, well I did have Case CV which is a short name. What I don't understand how do people search or why they don't search using dedicated search button... Type case and it pops up. Well, ok added it with full name - Monday, April 1, 2013 23:38:50

Got multiple user requests to add alloying element effects to the app. I've added that feature to the Android app about a month ago, and finally made it for the ios version as well. Same deal, in detail view and graph view tap on the elements toolbar item and then, in the popup list tap in the info icon, it'll display alloying element effects.

Friday, March 29, 2013 21:17:14

One of the readers brought to my attention that CCR(California Code Of Regulations) has a separate provision dealing with knives and dangerous objects on the grounds and in the buildings of the University Of California. Basically, unless you are a student, or employee or have a lawful work to do with your knife or bunch of other stuff, it's a no. As it is phrased, you can get arrested for carrying a screwdriver...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:30:27

Revisions and updates were going on and in for last two weeks. Number of alloy groups were missing notes, and that was the main focus of these updates. Will continue as usual.

Monday, February 25, 2013 22:09:37

Went through the database, fixed few incorrectly marked records, added descriptions for several alloys.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 21:58:13

Maintenance release. Main highlight being a crash fix, when in the Recently Viewed list mode which seems to be popular, database update can change alloy name in the list. That'd cause a crash, which I've fixed in this release. Few minor fixes as well, such as adding missing element names and molar masses. Enjoy.

Sunday, February 17, 2013 19:36:55

Watanabe/Martell Nessmuk

One of those experimental knives, that turned out extremely well. Wanted nessmuk, larger one at that and from Aogami 2 steel. Obviously Shinichi Watanabe was the guy to work with, and later on Dave Martell installed the handle. Kudos to both for an excellent job. IMHO the knife turned out just beautiful and its performance is just superb, I am very happy with it at least. Details in the review, follow the link.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 22:16:27