DevinT
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Many of you have probably heard of MagnaCut which became available recently. It’s a CPM grade designed specifically for knives/cutlery. It has higher toughness, higher stain resistance, and finer structure than the other steels in its class. If you like Cru-wear and PD-1 you’ll like this one even better.
The first steel Larrin designed is called Niomax, it’s based on AEB-L with niobium for wear resistance/edge holding. The steel has the same toughness as AEB-L but twice the edge holding as tested on CATRA. It is a cast/wrought grade and has a fine microstructure.
A recent alloy was designed for the carbon and low alloy steel lovers. It is capable of high hardness and has significantly improved toughness and edge holding over steels like blue super. It was designed as a love child of 52100 and blue super. It has yet to be named so I’ll just call it 52-super. I should get a sample piece this week and will try it out and report back.
Larrin has other steel designs in the works, can’t wait.
Hoss
The first steel Larrin designed is called Niomax, it’s based on AEB-L with niobium for wear resistance/edge holding. The steel has the same toughness as AEB-L but twice the edge holding as tested on CATRA. It is a cast/wrought grade and has a fine microstructure.
A recent alloy was designed for the carbon and low alloy steel lovers. It is capable of high hardness and has significantly improved toughness and edge holding over steels like blue super. It was designed as a love child of 52100 and blue super. It has yet to be named so I’ll just call it 52-super. I should get a sample piece this week and will try it out and report back.
Larrin has other steel designs in the works, can’t wait.
Hoss