Comment on Show HN: I built a knife steel comparison toolparentComments−Onavo1yIt's not hard, just expensive. You need to pay a lab to do it, and the testing is very much destructive most of the time.−dehrmann1yXRF might be able to non-destructively tell you the alloy.−bobmcnamara1yThe magic spice gun was my first thought as well, but they struggle to measure lighter elements like carbon.
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It's not hard, just expensive. You need to pay a lab to do it, and the testing is very much destructive most of the time.
XRF might be able to non-destructively tell you the alloy.
The magic spice gun was my first thought as well, but they struggle to measure lighter elements like carbon.