Hardness Testers

Well I thought I had found an relatively inexpensive option for knife makers $699.00 and Canadian distributor here:

http://www.hardness-testers.ca/portable-hardness-testers/leeb-hardness-tester.htm

Looks great, but after chatting with the tech guys there it's sadly not suitable, as the material being tested has to be a minimum of 10mm thickness

Anyone else come across something more affordable?

 

https://amesportablehardnesstesters.com/

Unfortunately lab stuff is never low priced

 

Ray Rogers over at Knife Network has plans to make your own tester. A bit adventurous for me right now, but looks doable.

http://www.rayrogers.com/rhc.htm

Dan

 

looks like an engineer went at that problem