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2026

Tour of Niagara Specialty Metals and Niagara Fallsoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
Is Alec Steele’s New Knife Steel Any Good?original ↗
27 Jul 2026
How to Estimate Knife Steel Propertiesoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
MagnaMax Industry vs Custom Heat Treatmentoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
How to Heat Treat MagnaMax Steeloriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
Learn from Bad Bark River Designoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2026
3 Times Knifemakers Proved Metallurgists Wrongoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
Knife Steel – Can You Tell the Difference?original ↗
23 Feb 2026
MagnaMax Is Here: The Next Evolution in Knife Steeloriginal ↗
19 Jan 2026
Testing Erasteel MagnaCut (vs Crucible Original)original ↗
12 Jan 2026

2025

Moran vs Loveless – Knife Steel Editionoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2025
Buderus Steel Mill Closing? Yes, But Also Nooriginal ↗
10 Dec 2025
Is Straightening with a Carbide Hammer Dangerous?original ↗
3 Dec 2025
Knife Broke with CPM-3V! Isn’t it a Tough Steel? (Q&A Video)original ↗
12 Nov 2025
Knife Engineering 2nd Edition – Expanded and Updatedoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2025
Making ProCut Damascus with Devin Thomasoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2025
Q&A Video: New Steels and Special Heat Treatmentsoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2025
Testing Tamahagane – Traditional Japanese Steeloriginal ↗
10 Sept 2025
I Made a Knife in Japan! (With Tamahagane Steel)original ↗
3 Aug 2025
Corrosion Resistance vs Hardness in Knife Steelsoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2025
Pop’s ProCut – A New Carbon Steel for Knivesoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2025
The Future of Knife Steel with Bob Shabala of Niagara Specialty Metalsoriginal ↗
12 May 2025
CPM-3V – Still the Best High Toughness Steeloriginal ↗
15 Apr 2025
Factory vs Custom Heat Treating of Knivesoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2025
What is Atlantic 33 Non-Tempering Steel?original ↗
19 Feb 2025
Is 1084-15N20 the Best Pattern Welded Damascus?original ↗
13 Feb 2025
Crucible Steel is Bankrupt! What is Next for MagnaCut?original ↗
6 Jan 2025

2024

Can Artificial Intelligence Design a New Knife Steel?original ↗
8 Dec 2024
Testing Cold Forged 52100 Knife Steeloriginal ↗
25 Nov 2024
Coatings vs Foil – Heat Treating Steeloriginal ↗
21 Oct 2024
Introduction to Knife Steel Heat Treating from a Metallurgistoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2024
Rapid Heat Treating with Salt Potsoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2024
How to Anneal Stainless Steel After Forgingoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2024
Knife Steel Nerds at Blade Show 2024original ↗
5 Jun 2024
AR-RPM9 Knife Steel is False Advertisingoriginal ↗
10 May 2024
Wootz – The True Damascus Steel?original ↗
22 Apr 2024
Matrix Steels K888 and CPM-1Voriginal ↗
11 Mar 2024
Testing Super High Speed Steel Vanadis 60original ↗
29 Feb 2024
Testing Chinese Knife Steel 8Cr13MoV/8Cr14MoVoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2024

2023

USA vs Europe – Powder Metallurgy Knife Steelsoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2023
Innovators that Changed Knife Steeloriginal ↗
18 Nov 2023
Most Important Property for Knife Steel? Q&Aoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2023
How to Heat Treat K390original ↗
23 Sept 2023
What is Next After MagnaCut? Q&A Videooriginal ↗
8 Sept 2023
Damasteel Heat Treatment and Propertiesoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2023
Does Damascus Outperform Super Steels? Testing Different Combinationsoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2023
Knife Steel Nerds at Blade Show Atlantaoriginal ↗
22 May 2023
New Book! The Story of Knife Steel – Innovators Behind Modern Damascus and Super Steelsoriginal ↗
9 May 2023
K390 – Best High Wear Resistance Steel?original ↗
11 Apr 2023
How to Heat Treat Nickel Knife Steels – 15N20, 8670, L6original ↗
22 Mar 2023
What is M390MK Knife Steel?original ↗
14 Feb 2023
Knife Steel Metallurgist Juha Perttulaoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2023

2022

Z-Tuff and CD#1 – The Toughest Knife Steel?original ↗
16 Dec 2022
Do Knifemakers Know How to Heat Treat?original ↗
9 Nov 2022
Is There a New Bohler Knife Steel Coming?original ↗
17 Oct 2022
How to Heat Treat ApexUltra Knife Steeloriginal ↗
6 Sept 2022
Why Nitrogen Knife Steels are Softoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2022
Vancron and the Problem with Nitrogen Knife Steelsoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2022
How to Heat Treat 80CrV2original ↗
23 Jun 2022
H2 Steel – H1 the sequeloriginal ↗
7 Jun 2022
Wood Knife that is 3x Sharper than Steel? Spoiler: Nooriginal ↗
14 Apr 2022
What is the Best Hardness for MagnaCut Knives?original ↗
22 Feb 2022
Dry Ice vs Liquid Nitrogen vs Freezer – How Cold Do You Need for Cryo?original ↗
11 Jan 2022

2021

Laboratory Development of ApexUltra Forging Knife Steeloriginal ↗
2 Dec 2021
Larrin Defends MagnaCut while Eating Spicy Wings in Front of Two Fernsoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2021
Knife Steels Rated by a Metallurgist – Toughness, Edge Retention, and Corrosion Resistanceoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2021
How to Heat Treat Knife Steel in a Forgeoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2021
How to Thermal Cycle Knife Steeloriginal ↗
28 Aug 2021
Which Quenching Oil is Best for Knives?original ↗
19 Jul 2021
LC200N/Cronidur 30 – History and Propertiesoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2021
Bainite Heat Treatments of 52100, O1, and 1095 – How Much Toughness?original ↗
7 Jun 2021
CPM-15V and the Lost CPM-20V – How Much Vanadium Can you Add?original ↗
24 May 2021
Edge Retention Testing of Seven More Steels – XHP, SPY27, Maxamet, Rex 45, 420, T15, Rex 76original ↗
10 May 2021
How to Heat Treat 8670original ↗
26 Apr 2021
How Even is an EvenHeat? How to Operate Furnaces Effectivelyoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2021
CPM MagnaCut – The Next Breakthrough in Knife Steeloriginal ↗
25 Mar 2021
How to Use a Steel Datasheet to Develop a Heat Treatmentoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2021
CruForgeV – The Unfortunate Events that Killed a Forging Knife Steeloriginal ↗
8 Feb 2021
Matrix Steels – YXR7, CPM-1V, Caldie, and Moreoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2021
What Causes Razor Blades To Dulloriginal ↗
11 Jan 2021

2020

2020 in Review: Knife Steel Editionoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2020
Steel Properties that Knifemakers Care about and Users Don’toriginal ↗
21 Dec 2020
Vanadis 8 – Better than CPM-10Voriginal ↗
7 Dec 2020
CPM-S110V Steel – History and Propertiesoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2020
Lost Knife Steels – Questek Ferrium M60Soriginal ↗
9 Nov 2020
M398 Steel Testing – Edge Retention, Toughness, and Moreoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2020
What is the Future of Stainless Knife Steel Design?original ↗
12 Oct 2020
S90V and S125V Knife Steel – History, Properties, and How to Heat Treatoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2020
The Companies that Bring Us Knife Steeloriginal ↗
14 Sept 2020
How to Heat Treat D2, PSF27, and CPM-D2original ↗
31 Aug 2020
CPM-S60V – The Forgotten Super Steeloriginal ↗
17 Aug 2020
CPM 10V Steel – History, Properties, and How to Heat Treatoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2020
New Book! Knife Engineering: Steel, Heat Treating, and Geometryoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2020
13 Myths about Heat Treating Knivesoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2020
Who is the Greatest Knife Steel Metallurgist of All Time?original ↗
29 Jun 2020
What is the Best Budget Knife Steel?original ↗
15 Jun 2020
M390 Steel – History and Properties (and 20CV and 204P)original ↗
1 Jun 2020
Toughness Improvement of High Carbon Tungsten Steel 1.2562original ↗
18 May 2020
Testing the Edge Retention of 48 Knife Steelsoriginal ↗
1 May 2020
S30V Steel – History and Propertiesoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2020
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