Can you get boron nitride powder with a roughly 3000 degree Celsius melting point to have added benefits to a powdered metal for steel blades? Perhaps clad it so it’s easier to sharpen?
Can Larin add some boron powder to his Magnacut CPM?
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am very glad you posted this Fireman. The future is what you said. Advanced composites of ultra hard ceramic materials built in such a way that they are both tough, elastic, and shock resistant. I am sure there will always be a market for carbon and stainless steel and also steel-ceramic mixes. Covalent bonds and ceramics are superb and Spyderco going ahead with that Mule was great.
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Bradford Knives just made a post on their Instagram announcing CPM MagnaTuff? Is that the official name, or did Bradford just make one up for the time being?
Bradford Knives just made a post on their Instagram announcing CPM MagnaTuff? Is that the official name, or did Bradford just make one up for the time being?
Maybe there are a couple new steels? From the initial post I gathered that this one would be geared more towards edge retention than toughness as the MagnaTuff name implies
Was it produced in a full sized smelt or in small research batch?
Hi Electro-Static,
As I understand, it was a limited test batch sent to a number of players for feedback. I don't know who received samples, but I would guess samples went to all of the potential customers for the steel. Shawn received some, and we received some. Shawn has been sharing his information as he comes to conclusions. Personally, I'm glad that Shawn is playing with it and I would bet that he will also come up with some super heat treat specs to get the best performance from the final product.
I should have a piece to test, Real World, soon. Mort is running lab tests now; CATRA, Corrosion resistance etc.
Was it produced in a full sized smelt or in small research batch?
Hi Electro-Static,
As I understand, it was a limited test batch sent to a number of players for feedback. I don't know who received samples, but I would guess samples went to all of the potential customers for the steel. Shawn received some, and we received some. Shawn has been sharing his information as he comes to conclusions. Personally, I'm glad that Shawn is playing with it and I would bet that he will also come up with some super heat treat specs to get the best performance from the final product.
I should have a piece to test, Real World, soon. Mort is running lab tests now; CATRA, Corrosion resistance etc.
sal
Thank you for information Sal! Shawn is a treasure to our community, he’s always on the bleeding edge of heat treatment and steel. I’m glad it’s being tested and you will get some in hand.
I’m confused, the new magna steel is supposed to have similar edge retention as k390 but stainless? I thought this was the tougher version of magna cut.
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I'll bet that if/when it's released to the public, Dr Thomas will release a lengthy article describing its design intent. I do seem to recall a chart or two posted that had MagnaWear on them but can't find where those were posted now... maybe they're hiding on Patreon.
If I had to guess, the new steel is an 8-10% vanadium content steel designed with the same principles of MagnaCut to be a stain resistant 10V/K390/Vanadis 8 class steel, but that's just more speculation on my part.
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