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> putting search parameters in the URL would be great, for basic browser features like open-in-new-tab, bookmark, etc....

Done!

> Magnacut" and "CPM Magnacut" are the same thing because all Magnacut is made by Crucible with a powder metallurgy process. This is error-prone though; "D2" and "CPM D2" are not the same thing, and the powder version has substantially increased toughness.

That's a great point, i'm currently ingesting more and more data and will dedupe fairly soon. Thanks!

> let people search by groups of steels that are essentially copies of each other. M390, 20CV, and 204P are made by different companies, but the chemistry and powder metallurgy processes are nearly identical, producing nearly identical results.

Ah that one may be a little tougher to do programmatically, likely needs manual curation which is fine



Here's a site that can tell you whether two steels have the same composition, though I'm not sure how the owner would feel about scraping.

http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelgraph.php?nm=M390%2C%2...

It even includes manufacturing process information on individual steel pages:

http://zknives.com/knives/steels/Crucible/cpm_154.shtml

zknives.com/knives/steels/Crucible/154cm.shtml




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