Added Hitachi YSS Shirogami Saw (White for Saw) steel to the chart. High carbon steel, relatively similar to Shirogami 3 steel composition. Apparently used in knives and razor baldes, besides band saws.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 16:02:28
What a day :) First I had to review and correct the Aogami Super steel composition, then Aogami 1 steel composition and then Aogami 2 steel composition. Then I got another soruce, listing compositions slightly differently. After research and crossreferencing I had to update the three above and to make things right the rest of the Shirogami and Kigami steels in the chart.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 15:57:21
Added relevant link, steel composition references, forged vs. stamped comments and fixed few minor errors. I have not used this G-61 one for a while, just sharpened it few times, but old testing notes are still intact. Enjoy.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 13:38:38
Hitachi Aogami 2 steel composition and Aogami 1 steel composition were missing range values for Si, Mn, Cr and W too. Added them.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:38:23
Hitachi Aogami Super steel composition was missing range values. Added them.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:24:03
That waterstone is a monster. The largest I have and that's what makes it so useful and easy with sharpening. Overall, I am very happy with it, perofrmance is good, water consumption is good, gotta be a little careful with it, Aotos are on the softer side, but it's a superb stone. Details in the review.
Friday, February 26, 2010 23:19:03
Added information pop-ups for long running operations. I.e. Sort and Show/Hide column functions that take considerable time now display pop-up window for the duration of the operation. So, you don't have to guess if the browser is hanging or what else...
Friday, February 26, 2010 20:16:34
I got it back for sharpening, and during the weekend I'm gonna sharpen, test against the Tojiro Flash Santoku. That's more valid comparison compared to 270mm Sanetsu ZDP-189 gyuto.
Friday, February 26, 2010 17:05:49
Added Kova 57 tool steel, which is the AISI M7 tool steel variation, and added over a dozen new standard names for the AiSI M1 tool steel, AiSI M7 tool steel, AiSI L2 tool steel.
Friday, February 26, 2010 13:23:26
Added Tatmo, Tatmo V and Tatmo VN steel compositions. Tatmo is the AiSI M1 tool steel and Tatmo V and Tatmo VN are AISI M7 tool steel variations, where Tatmo VN has Nitrogen.
Friday, February 26, 2010 09:24:17