LORE LAB Steel Test Database

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Every cut we have made.

All 3 of 3 tests, newest first. Filter by brand, steel, result or failure mode.

2024-12-10 Benchmade TAGGEDOUT MAGNACUT 9.4° 15° 34 34 CHIP, POSSIBLE HEAT DAMAGE
2024-12-10 Benchmade ADIRA MAGNACUT 10° 13° 100 100 CHIP
2024-12-10 IYK FORMOSA COROLESS 9° 15° 163 163 CHIPPING
Push cuts on A-grade FAS spruce. 600 cuts is the pass cap; a lower figure is where the edge failed. Angles are degrees per side. Secondary bevel is ours; micro-bevel is the measured apex. Blank HRC means the maker did not state it, not zero.
MAGNACUT
15° micro, 9.4° sec.
Benchmade · TAGGEDOUT
2024-12-10 34 cuts
MAGNACUT
13° micro, 10° sec.
Benchmade · ADIRA
2024-12-10 100 cuts
COROLESS
15° micro, 9° sec.
IYK · FORMOSA
2024-12-10 163 cuts

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