PGK steel is one of the new rolling mono steels that has proven itself to be excellent in the production of knives. The steel has a very interesting composition, almost ideal for blades designed for hard work, tourism, survival...
Mokume-gane (Jap 木目金/杢目金, metal textured like wood) is a Japanese technique for making decorative damask from various soft metals. It was originally used for decorating expensive samurai swords. The name of this technique is commonly translated as "metal similar to...
One of the most popular modern knife locks is the framelock, an improved version of the classic "line lock". It is highly durable, easy to open with one hand, and can also be made of a variety of materials. Frame-lock...
The Kukri knife is the most famous ethnic knife of Asia. Its unusual appearance with a memorable curve of the blade has become the national symbol of the Gurkhas, an ancient people inhabiting the Himalayas. The historical roots of the...
Experiments with titanium laminate and damascus began more than half a century ago. Titanium dioxide by its properties has a number of features, due to which it can be used in the production of knives (see the article for...
Since the early Middle Ages, the island of Gotland, the largest of the Swedish islands, has been famous for its sharpening stones. The rich deposits of local sandstone provided the Vikings not only with building material, but also with...
Axicube-I digital angle finder is a new product from TSPROF, designed to improve the accuracy and stability of the sharpening angle adjustment on the TSPROF K03 sharpening system. The device is integrated into the abrasive holder rod, which significantly increases...
Hunting knives are probably the oldest type of tool used by man. They originate directly from obsidian and silicon knapping (nucleus), with which ancient people went hunting tens of thousands of years ago. It was the hunting knife that...
Heat treatment of steel using liquid nitrogen (cryoprocessing) has become one of the main trends in the knife industry in the last decade. This is primarily due to the widespread use of modern powder steels, many of which maximize their...
One of the most interesting modern powder steels is Maxamet, invented by Carpenter corporation. It began to be produced in the 2000s as a high-speed steel designed for the manufacture of tools (cutters, rolls, taps, etc.) and the processing...
The entire period of the development of metallurgy, from about the second millennium BC, people compared the sharpness of blades in different ways. During this time, many methods of checking the sharpness were invented, some of which have survived...
One of the most famous types of cold weapons associated with the Navy is the dirk. This is a straight thin dagger with a faceted double-edged blade. Most often, the cross-section of the blade has a shape of rhombus,...
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