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Many knife manufacturers use versions of Asus6-10, Asus440a, and Asus440c, which also are all Aicihi steel. Many were modified to name others, sometimes such as molybdenum vanadium steel. AL-158; BRD4416 stainless steel; X55CrMoV14 or 1.4110 Swiss Army knife Inox blade steel used by Victorinox. 80CrV2 is commonly known as Swedish Saw Steel.
In 2009, Crucible Steel introduced an update to CPM-S30V to meet the needs of renowned knife maker Chris Reeve that they called CPM-S35VN. The addition of 0.5% Niobium, and reductions in both Carbon (from 1.45% to 1.40%) and Vanadium (from 4% to 3%) produced an alloy with 25% increase in measured Charpy V-notch toughness over S30V (Crucible claims 15-20% improvement).
A Bowie knife of pattern-welded steel. A knife (pl.: knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk' [1]) is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least 2.5 million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools.
Engraving a knife. Knife making is the process of manufacturing a knife by any one or a combination of processes: stock removal, forging to shape, welded lamination or investment cast. [1] Typical metals used come from the carbon steel, tool, or stainless steel families. Primitive knives have been made from bronze, copper, brass, iron, obsidian ...
A laminated steel blade or piled steel is a knife, sword, or other tool blade made out of layers of differing types of steel, rather than a single homogeneous alloy.The earliest steel blades were laminated out of necessity, due to the early bloomery method of smelting iron, which made production of steel expensive and inconsistent.
A kitchen knife is any knife that is intended to be used in food preparation.While much of this work can be accomplished with a few general-purpose knives — notably a large chef's knife and a smaller serrated blade utility knife — there are also many specialized knives that are designed for specific tasks such as a tough cleaver, a small paring knife, and a bread knife.
The karambit from Far South-East Asia is a hawkbill knife which is held with the blade extending from the bottom of the fist and the tip facing forward. The outside edge of a karambit may be sharp and if so may also feature a backward-facing point. C7 An ulu (lit. 'woman's knife' in Inuktitut) knife is a sharpened segment of a circle. This ...
Damascus steel, a steel used in swordmaking during the medieval period; Forged in Fire a History channel competitive television show on forged knife and sword making; Hamon (swordsmithing) Japanese sword construction includes a specific form of pattern welding. Mokume-gane, a similar technique, often for precious metals, used to produce ...