I did a "quick" search and didn't see any one post about James Wright plane blade test, but I think I saw someone comment in a thread, but I didn't go find it...
I am thinking some of you are fans of James Wright (Wood by Wright) on "The Tube"
He recently completed a test of 24 different blades and has a LOT of data.
Here is a link to the long-version video:
Some of you will remember a discussion from 2014 (2014, seriously?): https://ncwoodworker.net/forums/ind...el-versus-plain-tool-steel.52542/#post-480059
In my post #5 I suggest EXACTLY the test that James did...
Now the real reason for my post - While there is a lot of good information in the data, the one thing that disturbed me is he stated edge retention and hardness in his test had no correlation!
I assumed that edge retention would increase as the blade got harder.
I did post this question on his YT channel: My new question for our metallurgy friends out there is then what is the "Factor" or a test to determine edge retention if we negate hardness based on these data?!
I thought I would bring it over here for a discussion point.
What IS the factor or test that determines edge retention?
I am thinking some of you are fans of James Wright (Wood by Wright) on "The Tube"
He recently completed a test of 24 different blades and has a LOT of data.
Here is a link to the long-version video:
Some of you will remember a discussion from 2014 (2014, seriously?): https://ncwoodworker.net/forums/ind...el-versus-plain-tool-steel.52542/#post-480059
In my post #5 I suggest EXACTLY the test that James did...
Now the real reason for my post - While there is a lot of good information in the data, the one thing that disturbed me is he stated edge retention and hardness in his test had no correlation!
I assumed that edge retention would increase as the blade got harder.
I did post this question on his YT channel: My new question for our metallurgy friends out there is then what is the "Factor" or a test to determine edge retention if we negate hardness based on these data?!
I thought I would bring it over here for a discussion point.
What IS the factor or test that determines edge retention?