HRC Database
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Re: HRC Database
Anyone do testing of the Cruwear Shamans?
EDC Rotation: PITS, Damasteel Urban, Shaman, Ikuchi, Amalgam, CruCarta Shaman, Sage 5 LW, Serrated Caribbean Sheepsfoot CQI, XHP Shaman, M4/Micarta Shaman, 15v Shaman
Fixed Blades: Proficient, Magnacut Mule
Special and Sentimental: Southard, Squarehead LW, Ouroboros, Calendar Para 3 LW, 40th Anniversary Native, Ti Native, Calendar Watu, Tanto PM2
Would like to own again: CQI Caribbean Sheepsfoot PE, Watu
Wishlist: Magnacut, Shaman Sprints!
Fixed Blades: Proficient, Magnacut Mule
Special and Sentimental: Southard, Squarehead LW, Ouroboros, Calendar Para 3 LW, 40th Anniversary Native, Ti Native, Calendar Watu, Tanto PM2
Would like to own again: CQI Caribbean Sheepsfoot PE, Watu
Wishlist: Magnacut, Shaman Sprints!
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Re: HRC Database
Tom Hosang shared this document awhile back in another thread.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/ ... I/htmlview#
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Re: HRC Database
Ah yeah, the single data point. I'll keep digging!
EDC Rotation: PITS, Damasteel Urban, Shaman, Ikuchi, Amalgam, CruCarta Shaman, Sage 5 LW, Serrated Caribbean Sheepsfoot CQI, XHP Shaman, M4/Micarta Shaman, 15v Shaman
Fixed Blades: Proficient, Magnacut Mule
Special and Sentimental: Southard, Squarehead LW, Ouroboros, Calendar Para 3 LW, 40th Anniversary Native, Ti Native, Calendar Watu, Tanto PM2
Would like to own again: CQI Caribbean Sheepsfoot PE, Watu
Wishlist: Magnacut, Shaman Sprints!
Fixed Blades: Proficient, Magnacut Mule
Special and Sentimental: Southard, Squarehead LW, Ouroboros, Calendar Para 3 LW, 40th Anniversary Native, Ti Native, Calendar Watu, Tanto PM2
Would like to own again: CQI Caribbean Sheepsfoot PE, Watu
Wishlist: Magnacut, Shaman Sprints!
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Re: HRC Database
Yeah, it's not much, but it's something.
The complete spreadsheet is gold, though.
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K390 Endura: 64.7
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Re: HRC Database
Not bad at all :)
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Very cool thread!
Naively, I would have expected the Cruwear to come with a bit higher HRC as the steel is very though.
Seeing the hardness at which Spyderco tends to run their S30V (around 60) and M4 (62 - 64) I am starting to understand why the edge retention tests done by some YT folks (my hat is off to all of them for all that work) didn't quite reflect the CATRA edge testing done by Larrin which suggests that at the same HRC, the S30V delivers a bit better results than CPM M4.
Naively, I would have expected the Cruwear to come with a bit higher HRC as the steel is very though.
Seeing the hardness at which Spyderco tends to run their S30V (around 60) and M4 (62 - 64) I am starting to understand why the edge retention tests done by some YT folks (my hat is off to all of them for all that work) didn't quite reflect the CATRA edge testing done by Larrin which suggests that at the same HRC, the S30V delivers a bit better results than CPM M4.
... I like weird ...
Re: HRC Database
If anyone is still wondering, if DLC coating affects HRC testing:
https://youtu.be/lpbI8ggRjyw
Apparently, there seems to be no difference.
https://youtu.be/lpbI8ggRjyw
Apparently, there seems to be no difference.
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Re: HRC Database
Interesting test. Thanks for linking that, Worm. :)Worm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:55 amIf anyone is still wondering, if DLC coating affects HRC testing:
https://youtu.be/lpbI8ggRjyw
Apparently, there seems to be no difference.
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Re: HRC Database
Anyone test a Maxamet Sage 1 to see if Taichung is running theirs as hard as Golden's Maxamet?
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Curious about this too!Baron Mind wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:15 pmAnyone test a Maxamet Sage 1 to see if Taichung is running theirs as hard as Golden's Maxamet?
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Any ideas on the St. Nicks para 3 lw? I'm guessing that it would be a higher HRC than the original SNK P3.
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Re: HRC Database
Looks like he needs a refresher on the standard practices and procedures and how to straighten up that dial.Senfkarte wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:28 amhttps://youtu.be/4dho02LIZU8
A lot of his knives are Spydercos. Sounds interesting.
Pretty cocky video thumbnail for someone with little reading and experience with hardness testing.
Looks like we're going to get all kinds of wacky test results as we watch Alex try to reinvent the wheel.
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As I've been watching you deep dive on instaG on controlling the variables in hardness testing, I realize that a lot of the info on my list is pretty unreliable.Deadboxhero wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:34 amLooks like he needs a refresher on the standard practices and procedures and how to straighten up that dial.Senfkarte wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:28 amhttps://youtu.be/4dho02LIZU8
A lot of his knives are Spydercos. Sounds interesting.
Pretty cocky video thumbnail for someone with little reading and experience with hardness testing.
Looks like we're going to get all kinds of wacky test results as we watch Alex try to reinvent the wheel.
I wouldn't say I regret starting this thread, but I would hope that people take the numbers with a HUGE grain of salt. It's just not reliable, and testing one blade doesn't mean a different blade will be the same.
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I don't see it as cocky at all. Most major knife manufacturers DO wish the HRC of their blades were kept secret, this is common knowledge. Strange choice of words.Deadboxhero wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:34 amLooks like he needs a refresher on the standard practices and procedures and how to straighten up that dial.Senfkarte wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:28 amhttps://youtu.be/4dho02LIZU8
A lot of his knives are Spydercos. Sounds interesting.
Pretty cocky video thumbnail for someone with little reading and experience with hardness testing.
Looks like we're going to get all kinds of wacky test results as we watch Alex try to reinvent the wheel.
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Perhaps not a great "look" Shawn.Deadboxhero wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:34 amLooks like he needs a refresher on the standard practices and procedures and how to straighten up that dial.Senfkarte wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:28 amhttps://youtu.be/4dho02LIZU8
A lot of his knives are Spydercos. Sounds interesting.
Pretty cocky video thumbnail for someone with little reading and experience with hardness testing.
Looks like we're going to get all kinds of wacky test results as we watch Alex try to reinvent the wheel.
I'm left wondering: How do you know how much reading experience he has?
And in regards to "wacky test results", he says he calibrated the tester prior to doing the knife in that video; and in the next video, he shows some of that, with the cal'd/test(er) plates.
(If I've got my head up my ..., don't spare my feelings, and please enlighten me. I'll hopefully be smarter for it, and I'll still luv ya. We're both long since grown)
That said, what is it he's is not doing correctly? Constructive criticism vs. just Criticism. Me personally - I'll take Both; but I am curious as to what he is doing wrong?
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"Cone of Truth" is a strange choice of words when you don't show the calibration and are showing in the video that the ASTM E18-20 standard is not being practiced which was written to make sure that everybody who does hardness testing is on the same sheet of music paper so that our hardness values can have some form of agreement between different testers and operators. Details matter if you're using your hardness test values to call people out.Big John wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 11:10 amI don't see it as cocky at all. Most major knife manufacturers DO wish the HRC of their blades were kept secret, this is common knowledge. Strange choice of words.Deadboxhero wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:34 amLooks like he needs a refresher on the standard practices and procedures and how to straighten up that dial.Senfkarte wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:28 amhttps://youtu.be/4dho02LIZU8
A lot of his knives are Spydercos. Sounds interesting.
Pretty cocky video thumbnail for someone with little reading and experience with hardness testing.
Looks like we're going to get all kinds of wacky test results as we watch Alex try to reinvent the wheel.
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Is it a better look to censor knowledge? There's nothing stopping anybody from learning how hardness testing works and from getting a copy of the ASTM 18-20 to understand what the best practices are for the most accurate results.u.w. wrote: ↑Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:37 pmPerhaps not a great "look" Shawn.Deadboxhero wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:34 amLooks like he needs a refresher on the standard practices and procedures and how to straighten up that dial.Senfkarte wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:28 amhttps://youtu.be/4dho02LIZU8
A lot of his knives are Spydercos. Sounds interesting.
Pretty cocky video thumbnail for someone with little reading and experience with hardness testing.
Looks like we're going to get all kinds of wacky test results as we watch Alex try to reinvent the wheel.
I'm left wondering: How do you know how much reading experience he has?
And in regards to "wacky test results", he says he calibrated the tester prior to doing the knife in that video; and in the next video, he shows some of that, with the cal'd/test(er) plates.
(If I've got my head up my ..., don't spare my feelings, and please enlighten me. I'll hopefully be smarter for it, and I'll still luv ya. We're both long since grown)
That said, what is it he's is not doing correctly? Constructive criticism vs. just Criticism. Me personally - I'll take Both; but I am curious as to what he is doing wrong?
u.w.
I don't want to be that guy to call people out.
Keep in mind, I don't have to share and for the most part I keep to myself.
But if somebody is misinforming people whether it's through negligence, ignorance or incompetence,
Wouldn't you like it if somebody with the knowledge said something?
Perhaps there's a better way on my part to bring this up but sometimes it's nice to be direct.