New CPM Steel: Magnamax?

From their announcement email:
“Fun story, we were invited by Niagara to name this steel whatever we wanted.”

If all of this is untrue and it also violates their version of the NDA, doesn’t it seem likely Niagara would have squashed it by now? Let’s put off sharpening the pitchforks and lighting the torches until more is known.
 
Nobody's lighting anything, nor sharpening pitchforks. It was all prefaced by "IF", at least by most here.
 
I am not a lawyer, but as far as I understand giving the prototype steel the name "MagnaTuff" does not violate the NDA because nothing has been disclosed. That is not the name of the steel and it won't be named that.

I could imagine that they had some communication from Niagara where they were told the product does not yet have a name so "call it what you want" and they interpreted that somewhat liberally. From my standpoint I wish they had not called it MagnaTuff because with Magna in front it makes it look like an official name. And where in some places Bradford has dropped the name from advertising, even that led to some speculating that they had improperly "leaked" the name when they have not. So I have gotten a bunch of questions about it and since we are not yet officially launching the steel all I can tell them is that MagnaTuff is not the name.
 
Thanks for the clarification and insight Larrin Larrin

MagnaTuff is an interesting choice by Bradford for something that, as far as we the public know, was not developed with a focus on outstanding/exceptional toughness. Seems like they would probably know that too. As muddy as the conversations get around edge retention/wear resistance/toughness/corrosion resistance it seems like it would make sense not to throw "tuff" into the mix.
 
I hope it's something like REX-121 but tougher. Corrosion resistance be damned, give me something that can cut for days and not chip easily.
 
J. Doyle said:
It looks bad on them at first glance in light of what Matthew Gregory Matthew Gregory is telling us (whom I believe fully, as I know him well and trust him 100% AND I know the close connections he has with these things).
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Thanks, bud, but apparently making shit up doesn’t fall under the NDA.


EDITED OUT, BECAUSE LARRIN MADE ME FEEL BAD ABOUT IT.


But it WAS pretty funny.
 
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So does Crucible going bankrupt effect this? Is this going to be vapor-steel? I'm sure other steel manufacturers would love to work with Larrin, but we'll have to see who steps in to buy Crucible's capital and IP and what they do with it.
 
Matthew Gregory said:
Thanks, bud, but apparently making shit up doesn’t fall under the NDA.


EDITED OUT, BECAUSE LARRIN MADE ME FEEL BAD ABOUT IT.


But it WAS pretty funny.
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This was in my notifications as tagging me. I will return the tag, having realized that MagnaTuff is not the official name, by recommending that this new steel be called

MATTHEW GREGORY'S MAGNA ASS.
 
nsm said:
We have orders for PM steels with the same Chemistry that Crucible offers. We don't anticipate any disruptions in product, but there may be new names depending on how things work out. Carpenter Technologies and Erasteel know these alloys and can make what we need. We are hopeful Crucible is sold to new ownership that is interested in making CPM alloys and we can continue to work with them.
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This pretty much answers your question, Josh.

Synov said:
So does Crucible going bankrupt effect this? Is this going to be vapor-steel? I'm sure other steel manufacturers would love to work with Larrin, but we'll have to see who steps in to buy Crucible's capital and IP and what they do with it.
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I actually got the Bradford for some time now, here’s some thought paste from my post on KKF

“I haven’t got to use it hard out doors but some causal cutting do seems to confirm it is high wear resistant and stainless, Bradford list them at 63-64 HRC. I sharpened it side by side with some basic Nitro V and S90V at 59-60, they all touch up really fast on Shapton 500 and Gesshin 2000, actually almost better than some of the thicker and harder MagnaCut I’ve tried, but on Gesshin 6000 they started to show difference. Nitro V still engage the stone perfectly, while S90V feels more slippery, the CPM Protocol almost glide on the stone with very little effect on the edge. The edge taking is still good off the 2000 tho. I didn’t use diamond as they have very little feedback.”


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