... I'd include geometry.Steel is steel...its about the heat treat.
Steel is steel...its about the heat treat.
Cru Forge V(Crucible) - Crucible Metallurgy steel, specifically developed for the knifemakers who forge their steel. Heat treatment and forging should be similar to those of W1 and O1 steels.
from zknives. I know I go there all the time. Great data base. Just wish everyone called all steels the same names.
Steels, like aluminum, are defined by their chemistry. Same chemistry, same steel.
-AJ
I'd have to disagree with that.Steel is steel...its about the heat treat.
Exactly. Steel determines what are the possibilities, including HT protocols. There is no magic that will make 420 perform on par with ZDP-189 in the kitchen, or make ZDP-189 outlast 420 in highly corrosive env.Steel is a possiblity...the heat treat is the realization of said possiblity
Steel is a possiblity...the heat treat is the realization of said possiblity
I just think about a couple of years ago when vg10 was all the rage. I had several different vg10 gyutos with very similiar geometry but that felt totally different on the stones. Now I have and Akai damascus with a SG2 core. I swore that I wouldn't but another SG2 cored knife after all the crappy, chippy cored Shun SG2 knives I have used. Thank God I did. This knife is nothing like the Shuns-to the point that I can't believe it SG2!Now that is poetic...
Still, a sharp pry bar (or nearly akin, lol) - with it's wonder steel heat treated to it's full realization- is still worthless for slicing/cutting tasks.
I have an opportunity to get a knife made out of this steel.
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