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Several less known cutlery steels from world steel catalog.

Thursday, May 13, 2010 15:12:20

Mostly AFNOR and EN standard names, plus a few DIN names for several tool and bearing steels.

Monday, May 10, 2010 12:25:21

Added Carpenter CTS-BD1 steel. New alloy, Spyderco lists it in their knife steel charts. Added 1.3333 high speed tool steel.

Sunday, May 9, 2010 11:54:03

Before the steel alloying elements explanation was integrated into the Interactive Knife Steel Composition Chart. Apparently, that wasn't very convenient for the visitors, at least some of them :) Anyway, I made it available on its own, the link it in the header, of course in the index file of the Knife Steel Resources as well.

Saturday, May 8, 2010 15:21:37

Added steel standard names list and some information about each, whenever available. The information about standards is available from the steel charts directly, using Standards button, or alternatively you can access it as a separate file - International Steel Standard Names And Info

Saturday, May 8, 2010 11:52:05

The control panel was misaligned for some weirdo resolutions found on laptops. help button was jumping down on the next line. Fixed that. Involved javascript coding, so you might need to force the refresh, by clicking CTRL+F5, thanks to screwy browser javascript caching :)

Friday, May 7, 2010 21:19:56

Over 40 new GB, EN and JIS standard names for several high speed tool steels, shock resistant steels, ball bearing and stainless alloys.

Friday, May 7, 2010 20:22:25

Added DIN standard names for the Bohler-Uddeholm steels Elmax and Stavax.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 17:40:35

Added bunch of new names and few compositions for the AISI T1 tungsten high speed tool steel.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 21:43:49

Added new terms, mainly knife lingo, abbreviations like EDC. I use them all over the reviews, but I figure those aren't very obvious for the readers.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 12:32:44