Knife Engineering: Steel, Heat Treating, and Geometry
Product ID: 216896010
How to make the highest performing knives. A book for knife enthusiasts, knifemakers, and bladesmiths. Not a how-to on knifemaking or bladesmithing but an in-depth exploration of the effects of different steels, metallurgy, heat treatments, and edge geometries on knife performance. This book provides ratings for toughness, edge retention, and corrosion resistance for all of the popular knife steels. Micrographs of over 50 steels. Specific recommended heat treatments for each steel. And answers to questions like: 1) Does a thinner or thicker edge last longer? 2) What heat treatment leads to the best performance? 3) Are there performance benefits to forging blades? 4) Should I use stainless or carbon steel? All of these questions and more are answered by a metallurgist who grew up around the knife industry. Note: The book now has conversions to Celsius throughout after feedback from Global readers. Review: A must have for a knife maker - One of the best books I've brought I like fact books and it's full of useful information Review: Best guide ever - One of the best guides ever
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,396 Reviews |
A**R
A must have for a knife maker
One of the best books I've brought I like fact books and it's full of useful information
M**N
Best guide ever
One of the best guides ever
A**N
Excellent book.
Excellent source of knowledge, easy to understand and provides a lot of in depth knowledge for those that want to really understand different types of steel.
N**Y
A Must Have Book For Metal Workers
This is the full version and not the truncated Australian version that the publisher decided to shorten without the authors consent. At 428 pages this is very comprehensive and well written. Often I find PHD’s can produce text that start off fluidly and soon stray into PHD level script. Dr Larrin Thomas communicates consistently and at a level I can understand. I wasn’t aware of this book or Larrin until Onur Caglar diesineveryfilm YouTube and Instagram recommended it. I ordered and was pleasantly surprised by the wealth of subject matter from a highly credible expert. Check out knifesteelnerds on Instagram.
O**N
What a tremendous insight
I have been interrogating Larrin's website for a few months and the wealth and bredth of knowledge within his site is staggering. What this book does is lay out that content in an easy way to understand and, most importantly in a structure and format that takes you on a knowledge journey so that you don't need to keep referring back and forth. For anybody that is interested in why certain steels behave in their certain ways or, why one type of steel seems to perform better or worse dependent upon its use etc., then this book will be a fascinating read for you. Superb!
S**P
A bible for knife making
I have not read this book from cover to cover but have instead used it as a reference for specific steels and for garnering information on certain topics. Larin knows his stuff and continues to develops his theories. Highly recommended
E**N
Useful resource for knife makers.
Cracking book full of useful information broken down into terms the layman can understand! Also written by an absolute Gentleman!!
J**S
Knife Bible
The Magnum Opus of accessible knife steel information.
S**M
Excellent book
You won’t know what a grade A nerd you are until you read / devour this book. Riveting.
A**N
Nao é o Livro original
O ebook tem apenas 21 paginas e nada tem a ver com o titulo apresentado...compraf o ebook é jogar dinheiro fora
M**N
Very comprehensive read
Very instructive. Very indepth
N**V
ESTA en ingles
Quien me manda a mi comprar un libro sin saber inglés,información útil y clara
E**O
Must have
Must have pour les couteliers mais aussi pour ceux qui travaillent les aciers spéciaux. Les nuances sont soigneusement décortiquées. Dommage qu'il n'existe pas de traduction actuellement.
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