Back in 2022, I did a YouTube video called “Do Knifemakers Know How to Heat Treat?” I found video clips where knifemakers explained how to heat treat and how it works, and then I pointed out the misconceptions and misunderstandings they had about metallurgy and heat treating. It worked well because responding to how the knifemakers explained things let me address commonly repeated, untrue claims. Because when I cover my own material, I’m typically just teaching, rather than correcting misunderstandings. However, a handful of comments on the video said I was being unfair or unkind to the knifemakers.
Metallurgy is without a doubt a science. But it is very much an art as well. Focus exclusively on one to your detriment.
As a side note, I found this video incredibly refreshing after 48 hours down the Bark River rabbit-hole.
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3 Times Knifemakers Proved Metallurgists Wrong
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