Apparently a new alloy from Crucible, at least a year ago it wasn't on their site. Thanks to Neo of BF for heads-up on this one. Might be new for Crucible, but by composition very similar to Bohler-Uddeholm Vanadis 4E steel, which is a very good performer, demonstrated by Fred Haakonsen Custom Utility Knife.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:52:24
Rather quick successor, but there was no other way around it, database schema has been changed and I had to update the app so that it could keep up with the central database. Improved aliases in the app as well, plus speed and memory optimization.
Monday, March 12, 2012 18:17:18
New database schema, improved support for aliases(again) and better speeds and reduced load on my server. Have fun exploring all the alloys. Also, steel search trends page now has steel of the day data as well. You can look up what's hot today ;)
Monday, March 12, 2012 18:13:32
Just got a note from Chuck Gedratis. My custom slipjoint is done. Damascus bolsters, W1 steel at 64HRC, 1095 spring and LSCF handle slabs. Pix and more details upon arrival, but looks gorgeous.
Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:42:30
Next version of the android steel chart app is on the market, or google play, or whatever it is. Added to other android markets as well. Hilights include improved support for hi res devices like HTC rezound and Galaxy Nexus, fixed aliases support and so on. And we now have ~4200 alloy names with ~890 compositions.
Saturday, March 10, 2012 17:55:43
Fixed standard aliases incorrectly displayed as unknown makers in proprietary section. Now they are in the correct section - standards. Fixed sort order for aliases in proprietary and standard sections. Fixed HTML entities displayed in the graph instead of ASCII characters. Few other minor fixes.
Saturday, March 10, 2012 13:37:44
Forgot to mention in the previous post, knife steel composition chart now has close to 4200 alloy records :)
Friday, March 9, 2012 00:31:59
During last week or so more than 200 new alloy names added. Major improvements in JUS, AFNOR and UNE standard names. Also added few dozen names for few large makers including Metal Ravne, Poldi, and a few others.
Friday, March 9, 2012 00:25:40
One more knife from a rare alloy, at least rare in knives. As such, I'd say it is plenty exotic, not a super high alloy steel, but has quite a bit in it. One of the hardest knives in my collection as well. Small fixed blade, but a very solid performer, tested with various edge types and finishes, it was very high level performer by any standards. I was really impressed by its edge holding. Detailed review of the knife, including small discussion regarding the Vanadis 4E steel is online now. Check it out.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 22:16:05
Finally got around doing the storage review section. Well, started it at least. There's plenty of topics to cover, and as usual not nearly enough time. Still, I've been through several different types of the storage, especially with kitchen knives and they are all different, used with various success and eventually got the custom and definitely gonna get another one. Too many knives :) However, the very first review is of of the custom knife cabinet I've had made for my collection.
Friday, March 2, 2012 22:45:12