zknives.com news blog http://zknives.com/blog/index.shtml Latest site news zknives.com en-us 2026-05-27T19:31:07+00:00 MM Hybrid Cryo steel added to the knife steel database. http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php <p>Check out the <a href="/knives/steels/mm_hybrid_cryo.shtml">MM Hybrid Cryo steel composition</a> and notes in the database. New addition to the dedicated knife steels growing collection. Collaboration between between Midgards Messer and Bohler Austria around 2024.</p> 2026-05-26T15:14:33+00:00 Alleima 10C28Mo2 steel added to the knife steel database. http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php <p>See <a href="/knives/steels/10C28Mo2.shtml">Alleima 10C28Mo2 steel composition</a> and notes in the detabase. Designed for razor blades and kitchen knives, <a href="/knives/steels/10C28Mo2.shtml">Alleima 10C28Mo2 steel</a> features fine, evenly distributed carbides and high corrosion resistance at respectable 60HRC.</p> 2026-05-25T19:52:20+00:00 Alleima 10C16Mo3V1 steel added to the knife steel database. http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php <p>See <a href="/knives/steels/10C16Mo3V1.shtml">Alleima 10C16Mo3V1 steel</a> details in the detabase. One more member of the <a href="/knives/steels/a8mod.shtml">AISI A8Mod steel</a> family, this one from Sweden.</p> 2026-05-24T19:25:32+00:00 Takefu VG Xeos steel added to the knife steel database. http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php <p>One more variation on the VG-10 steel. See VG Xeos steel details in the detabase.</p> 2025-11-10T19:50:24+00:00 Wolfram Special and Sheffcut steels added to the knife steel database. http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php Two new steels added to the knife steel database. Both from England, Sheffield. Wolfram Special and Sheffcut. High performance, low alloy steels, follow the links for details. 2025-10-12T22:53:54+00:00 Added 20 new ally names. http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php Added 20 new ally names for the Italian steelmake - Bonomi Acciai. Thanks Gianluigi for reaching out and providing the data! 2025-09-01T22:46:51+00:00 Knife Steel Chart Android ver 3.99.5 Is On The market http://zvisoft.com/apps/android/knifesteeldbapp.shtml
  • Fixes missing or clipped search bar on steel list view.
  • Fixes missing or clipped toolbar on detail, graph and steel search views.
  • App compatibility changes.
  • Target API requirement changes.
 2024-10-19T04:05:10+00:00 Fixed several steel composition errors http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php Thanks AI :) With AI's help, created about 30 new database integrity tests. That helped to identify over half a dozen errors in steel compositions. Going forward, we should be good, thanks to those new scripts. 2024-05-26T18:37:52+00:00 M390MK steel record added to the knife streel database https://zknives.com/knives/steels/m390mk.shtml

Relatively new entry in the steel database, Microtech announced that circa 01/2023. Described as a tweak on the original Bohler-Uddeholm M390 PM steel, it has no official composition published, but based on the data, no real reason to thin k it has something outside of the M390 steel specs.

 2023-03-19T17:26:21+00:00 Knife Steel Chart Android ver 3.99.2 Is On The market http://zvisoft.com/apps/android/knifesteeldbapp.shtml
  • Fixes Bookmark export/import for latest Android versions. Bookmarks are exported to the Downloads folder, under its own KnifeSteelChart subfolder;
  • Latest database snapshot;