Knife Steel and Construction

What Is Rockwell Hardness and does it matter? — Blade & Butler

What Is Rockwell Hardness and does it matter?

Rockwell hardness describes how resistant a knife’s steel is to permanent indentation. It is usually expressed as HRC, meaning the Rockwell C scale. To measure it, a diamond-tipped indenter is...

What Is Rockwell Hardness and does it matter?

Rockwell hardness describes how resistant a knife’s steel is to permanent indentation. It is usually expressed as HRC, meaning the Rockwell C scale. To measure it, a diamond-tipped indenter is...

The anatomy of a knife — Blade & Butler

The anatomy of a knife

It's always useful to familiarise yourself with the various parts of a knife and what they are called. Here we'll go through them and explain what they are for and...

The anatomy of a knife

It's always useful to familiarise yourself with the various parts of a knife and what they are called. Here we'll go through them and explain what they are for and...