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Re:Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool by shawn_w on Saturday May 17, 2025 @09:08PM (#44018210)
Exotic outliers like Maxamet or 10V skew things so much they should be left off of ranking scales.
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Re:Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison tool by Zak on Saturday May 17, 2025 @11:36PM (#44018840)
Larrin's ratings handle this by not having a fixed scale; REX 121 gets a 12 for edge retention. The rating seems to be roughly CATRA cards cut divided by 100.
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