Very nice and well documented report, Grepper! Definitively inspiring for me.
In my understanding the good knife performance may be given by the small edge thickness (0.35 mm) also. An average for a 8" blade is circa 0.5 mm.
Brief description of steel 420MoV 1.4116 X50CrMoV15 properties can be found on http://www.bssa.org.uk/get_campaign.php?id=350
Jan
In my understanding the good knife performance may be given by the small edge thickness (0.35 mm) also. An average for a 8" blade is circa 0.5 mm.

Brief description of steel 420MoV 1.4116 X50CrMoV15 properties can be found on http://www.bssa.org.uk/get_campaign.php?id=350
Jan

