Are We Running Out of Premium Knife Steel? (Q&A) Media

Answering a ton of questions! What would MagnaTuff look like? Can we design cheaper steels? How do you choose an edge angle? Are high-performance steels worse at holding hair-whittling edges? How do you fine-tune a heat treatment?

00:00 Intro
00:38 What Would MagnaTuff Be?
03:38 Do higher hardness carbides reduce toughness?
04:42 Could we get cheaper USA-made steels?
06:53 Can we design steels that take less energy to make?
12:21 Should I use a new steel, or will it disappear?
14:29 Are premium knife steels going away?
16:29 Is more ProCut coming?
17:03 Are high edge retention steels worse at hair whittling edges?
22:43 How do you choose an edge angle?
24:49 What properties allow a more acute angle?
27:11 Is MagnaMax less sensitive to changes in edge angle?
30:20 How do you fine-tune a heat treatment?
32:13 Soak time in austenitizing and when to start the timer
37:06 Is plate quenching fast enough?
43:42 Outro

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