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Elmax knife steel chart.
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Uddeholm elmax superclean the best all round knife steel uddeholm elmax is a perfectly balanced pm grade which has been designed to reach a hardness well over 60 hrc with good corrosion resistance and excellent.
Home forums knife specific discussion general knife discussion elmax steel how does it compare to others discussion in general knife discussion started by harkamus jan 29 2010.
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S35vn is a new steel that was designed to improve on s30v it offers a 15 20 improvement on toughness without sacrificing any wear resistance.
I recently ran across a couple of knife steel comparison charts for some of these steel types that i thought i would share with you.
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This will allow us to study the effects of steel heat treatment edge geometry sharpness etc.
Each steel features a chart with useful info that you need in shopping for knives.
Blade steel is totally a super important factor to consider when buying a.
Pm process used in making elmax reduces grain size and helps with carbide distribution both of which positively affect steel properties necessary for the knife blade.
It s important to understand the tradeoffs between steel types when selecting a knife.
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Looks like amped up elmax steel and it is a patented steel however there is no official name and elmax2 is just a codename suggested by larrin and i think it works fine.
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Knife mid and low end stainless steel knife don t reach 1 of carbon.
In the knife industry different types of steel are created by varying the types of additive elements as well as how the blade is rolled and heated i e.
Bohler uddeholm m390 steel is quite similar and a bit better performer then elmax although you d be hard pressed to tell the difference unless you had two identical knives with optimum heat treatment to compare to each other.