I will be teaching a class on thermal cycling at Blade Show Atlanta June 7. These are images showing the property improvements I was able to achieve with several steels. This includes all new results for stainless steels AEB-L and MagnaCut. Information on how to process stainless steels after forging for bladesmiths is scant so this was a fun study. But I will also include a lot of information on low alloy and carbon steels. Tickets are available on the Blade Show website.
Statement from Artisan Cutlery about AR-RPM9 on their Instagram
I drove the whole family 5.5 hrs to Bethlehem, PA to film this video so I hope you watch it.
I haven’t been this excited about a new study in a while. Biggest study of pattern-welded Damascus ever. We even found cases where Damascus cuts longer than individual steels. A lot of surprises. Damascus vs. Super Steels - Testing a Dozen Different Damascus Steels!
https://youtu.be/T-fuk0ypQHI
Knife Steel Nerds is run by Larrin Thomas, a steel metallurgist known for his website KnifeSteelNerds.com, a book Knife Engineering: Steel, Heat Treating, and Geometry, and for developing the knife steel CPM-MagnaCut.