Plague Files #2 : Takin' it to the MAX - with SCIENCE!

Knife Challenge #38 - sharpening mystery steel

A first look at a reground Woodsman Pal (ESSE Lite Machete used for reference)

Plague Files #1 - SCIENCE!

S90V - chopping blades (?) [McCullen Knives]

Knife Challenge #37 - edge retention (12C27, 1095, 15n20,n690Co,CTS-XHP,SM-100)

Edge retention : ESEE, Ka-Bar, Spyderco, Cold Steel

--SOLVED-- Knife Challenge #36 - edge retention (AUS-8, AUS-6, 1095, 1095CV)

ESEE Laser Strike - edge retention

Edge retention in new vs dirty/old materials (10V and 15n20)

Shapton Pro 220 : Japanese sharpening stone - a word about pressures, areas and steel types

--SOLVED-- Knife Challenge #35 - grinding speed

--SOLVED-- Knife Challenge 34 : how to sharpen for edge retention in chopping

Sharpmaker + Cubic Boron Nitride Rods - restoring a worn can opener

William Nease - first use with the Canadian Prototype Machete

William Nease Solid - more helicopter chopping

SHC Kyle Bettleyon - the benefits of simple steels (5160)

William Nease Solid - wood chopping with a sword (shoulder driven)

Edge retention (cardboard) - Spyderco vs Tomodachi

Using oil on waterstones and water on oilstones ?

Edge retention carving pine : 10V, 9Cr13MoV, AUS-6, 440C, N690Co, 15N20

William Nease - Solid : a little wood chopping (with a sword)

Maximize edge retention with ultra-light grinding : Sharpmaker Fine Rods

All my rods are bent - possible solution to Sharpmaker struggles

Sharpening : slurries, oil stones and waterstones and plateau sharpening

Knife sharpening : 36 grit dressing stone

Knife Sharpening : 64 HRC k390 + Soft Arkansas

Issues sharpening a heavily abused knife - Yanagi-ba

Edge retention slicing cardboard : VG-10, k390, M4

Kyle Bettleyon - serration patterns : push cuts on potatoes

Metallurgy censorship - Darrin Sanders / Knife Dogs

Cutlery steel reference page

A little chopping - Woodsman Pal, BroadLeaf (cKc), Excalibur (Mike Gavac)

Edge Retention - 3Cr13/420, VG-10, k390, CPM-M4 (cardboard)

Edge retention on carpet : 12C27, S30V (Phil Wilson), 10V Spyderco/Mehr

Normark EKA 12C27 : optimal edge geometry for slicing hardwoods (norton economy fine edge)

Edge retention - slicing hard wood, 15 dps norton economy fine, 420hc stainles steel

10V K2/Farid-Spyderco - super steel ?

Norton Economy vs 420J2 : a little sharpening and stone maintenance

A comment on taped handles (hockey tape)

Kreshaw Camp : how to check for edge rippling using a sharpening stone

Hillbilly Physics : angles in wood cutting (movement of the wood vs deformation)

Woodsman Pal : handle issue

Edge retention as a function of micro-bevel angle : VG-10, S30V (Wicked Edge)

Heavy Splitting : Kershaw Camp 10

Kershaw Camp 10 : very hard wood cutting (no dramatic failure)

BBF # 6 : Fiskar's Brush Axe

Edge Retention : 3Cr13, cKc-X, O1, S30V, k390, 121REX

Suehiro 'Chemical' Waterstone sharpening : a point about initial lapping

Japanese Waterstone - Naniwa Superstone 400 : sharpness off of the stone

BBF #5 : Joe Calton Chopper and Chris Caine Survival Tool

Shapton Professional 120 ceramic waterstone : knife sharpening on a well used/abused Yanagiba

BBF #4 : Chris Caine Survival Tool

Knife Challenge 33 : free diamonds !?

Spyderco Delica ZDP-189 : edge retention on polypropylene (fine vs medium rods)

Spyderco Delica ZDP-189 : edge retention on polypropylene (CBN vs medium rods)

Uddo : Canadian BeaverTail - Initial commentary (long, rambling, not edited)

Edge Retention (pine) : Sharpmaker CBN edge vs Sharpmaker medium rod

Edge Retention (thick plastic) : Sharpmaker CBN edge vs as-boxed Stanley utility knives

Edge Retention (cardboard) : Sharpmaker CBN, Diamond, Medium rods and steeled edges