LORE LAB Steel Test Database
25°

Smallest micro-bevel angle that held 600 push cuts on A-grade FAS spruce.

Based on 1 passing test with a recorded micro-bevel angle, out of 4 total for this steel.
Limited data: this rests on a single test. Treat as provisional.

The test that got there

Company / model
Maxace / KILLERWHALE
Secondary bevel
12° per side
Micro-bevel
25° (the headline angle)
Factory HRC
Hardness not recorded
Tester
D
Wood
Spruce
Date
2024/02/07

The spread

2 of 4 tests shown; 2 have no recorded angle
Pass (600 cuts) Fail (at its cut count)

Micro-bevel angle (degrees per side)

Swipe the chart sideways to see the full angle range.

This steel's headline rests on one passing test. Read the angle as provisional until more tests are recorded.

By brand

Every brand we have tested this steel under, and its own best result -- heat-treat can shift the feasible angle from one maker to the next.

Maxace
25° n = 4

All tests

Sorted by result, then angle. Every recorded test for this steel, including heat-damage rows.

Tags
Pass 25° 12° 600 Maxace / KILLERWHALE n/r D Spruce
Fail n/r n/r 30 Maxace / KILLERWHALE n/r I Spruce
Fail n/r n/r 17 Maxace / KILLERWHALE n/r I Spruce
Fail 20° 11° 286 Maxace / KILLERWHALE n/r S Spruce
25° Pass 600 cuts
Company
Maxace / KILLERWHALE
Secondary
12°
HRC
n/r
Tester
D
n/r Fail 30 cuts
Company
Maxace / KILLERWHALE
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
I
n/r Fail 17 cuts
Company
Maxace / KILLERWHALE
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
I
20° Fail 286 cuts
Company
Maxace / KILLERWHALE
Secondary
11°
HRC
n/r
Tester
S