Thanks And Credits
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all the people that helped building and testing Interactive Knife Steel Chart and Steel Analyzer Graph, provided data and other input.
- Watercrawl, Larrin, swarfx, pwet, Pedro the lefty, huugh, Antonio Luiz, Frose, Rottman, and other guys from Knifeforums.com
- Cotdt, Knarfeng, HardHeart, The Mastiff, Cali, kwackster and other knife guys from Bladeforums.com
- Dave Martell - Japanese Knife Sharpening
- Shinichi Watanabe - Watanabe Blade
- Koki Iwahara - Japanese Chefs Knife
Resources Used
Steel Makers And Dealers
- Bohler-Uddeholm Website
- Carpenter Technology Corp.
- Crucible Materials Knife Steels
- Daido Steel
- Diehl Steel
- Dorrenberg Edelstahl
- Dynamic Metals(India)
- Dynamic Steels Ag.
- Erasteel High Speed Steels
- Eredmir/Eregli Iron And Steel Works
- Hitachi Metals
- Kaker Steel Catalog
- Latrobe Specialty Steel Company
- Linder's Stainless Steel Catalog
- Lohmann Steel
- Metal Ravne
- Nachi Fujikoshi
- Nippon Steel
- Ohi kougyou steel Catalog
- Ossenberg Edelstahlwerk
- Steel-Tube Steel Charts
- Sandvik Steel technical Data
- Takefu Special Steel Co.
- ThyssenKrupp Steel
- West Yorkshire Steel Company Ltd.
- Zapp Steel
All Other Resources
- Knife Steel FAQ
- Kitchen Knife Steel FAQ
- Spyderco Steel Chart
- Spyderco's Steel Element Information Page
- Specification of YSS(Yasuki Specialty Steel) High Class Cutlery
- Knife Makers Database Steel Chart
- Ajh Knives Steel chart
- Messerforum's Knife Steel Chart
- KnifeForums.com Kitchen Knife Terms/Def
- Alloy Chart #1
- Alloy Chart #2
- Alloy Chart #3
- Alloy Chart #4
- Alloy Chart #4
- Steel Naming Chart
- All About Steel Blog
- Nitrogen In Steels