Added Sandvik 6C27 steel composition. Fixed Sandvik 7C27Mo2 steel composition. Added Daido DSR1K9 steel composition. Added Daido DSR1K11 steel composition. Added Daido DSR10UA, DSR16F and DSR16FC steels to their respective reference groups.
Monday, October 17, 2011 22:20:25
Couple more terms explained, to help you wrap your head around complicated articles ;)
Saturday, October 15, 2011 00:15:52
Few more terms added. Revised a few more existing ones, some spellchecking, etc.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 21:29:56
Fixed navigation problem, preventing correct handling of the links in the alloy notes section. Market glitched just when I was updating the apk, the new version got picked up, but for some reason the date stays old, from 2.21. You may have to download the updated version manually.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 16:33:06
Due to sudden splash of interest in now rather defunct CPM 440V steel, which is now called CPM S60V, I've decided to go over Boa review and update a few things. Well, long story short, that steel, CPM S60V never really worked well in folders, especially considering high costs involved. You could make it sortta perform, with thick, rough edge, but then again, what's the fun in that, especially in a folding knife...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 20:51:20
strange thing, never had this happened to any of my folders and I have owned more than a hundred. My brand new TSEK 805-1101 M390 developed a problem, literally in last 3-4 days. Blade was perfectly centered and had very smooth action. Now, severely off center, to the right, almost hitting the liner. well when closed it does touch it. Can't say I have used it more than usual, just an average geek usage. Pretty much thing, in other words. Can't adjust it with pivot screw either. Called BCK warranty dept, guy was friendly and said, NP, send it it, we'll fix it. Well, knife is packed and ready to go tomorrow morning, first thing. I am still baffled, of all the knives I have used and tested, none had developed off center syndrome... Well, whatever, as long as they fix it and the fix is permanent, I am happy. I really like that knife.
Monday, October 10, 2011 22:33:32
Got it as a present for a friend a while back, and managed to do test cutting and minor sharpening/edge restoration after test session. Superb knife for what it was designed, and as it turns out, also works superb as a heavy gyuto. I am not all that much into heavy knives, but on occasion, tough gyutos are a good thing to have around, or if you like hefty knives, then this one might be right up your valley. If you are ok with the single grind edges that is.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 16:48:56
I was working on steel chart improvements, and then I got two messages in a day about Russian GOST 110X18 steel. Dunno what's so special about it, but few people already commented on the absence of it from the steel chart. I did the very dilligent research, and found out that it is used in wide variety of Russian knives and arguably it is an equivalent of AISI 440C steel, with carbon content closer to 440C top margin, that means Carbon is somehwere in the vicinity of 1.10%-1.20%. Other than that no info. WHat is rather dubious in all that, not a single dealer, steel maker or even GOST standard source I have ever seen has its composition. So much for a popular steel. I put it in AISI 440C group, apparently it belongs in there, although there is already GOST 95X18 steel, but that's not the same. There is also another one, with a very similar name GOST 110X18M steel, composition of which I have, but that's not the one either, 110X18M is higher end steel, claimed to be Latrobe BG-42 steel equivalent, but lacks Vanadium present in BG-42.
Saturday, October 8, 2011 21:17:44
Fixed couple minor bugs, inactive records were displayed in the suggestions search, and changed reporting method on un-deletable database error.
Friday, October 7, 2011 22:20:45
Was browsing through GOST standard specs again, found couple AISI O1 tool steel analogs along the way. To make things more interesting, apparently the GOST names were changed, not sure when. Well, added them all,old and new names, with alternate spellings.
Monday, October 3, 2011 23:21:47