15°
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 3 total for this steel.
Limited data: this rests on
a single test. Treat as provisional.
The test that got there
- Company / model
- Hogue
- Secondary bevel
- 10.5° per side
- Micro-bevel
- 15° (the headline angle)
- Factory HRC
- Hardness not recorded
- Tester
- D
- Wood
- Spruce
- Date
- 2024/02/07
The spread
2 of 3 tests shown; 1 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.
Hogue
15°
n = 1
Kershaw
No pass yet · best 431 cuts
n = 2
All tests
Sorted by result, then angle. Every recorded test for this steel, including heat-damage rows.
| Tags | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pass | 15° | 10.5° | 600 | Hogue | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 12 | Kershaw / LAUNCH 5 | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | 18° | 13° | 431 | Kershaw / LAUNCH 5 | n/r | D | Spruce |
15°
Pass
600 cuts
- Company
- Hogue
- Secondary
- 10.5°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
12 cuts
- Company
- Kershaw / LAUNCH 5
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
18°
Fail
431 cuts
- Company
- Kershaw / LAUNCH 5
- Secondary
- 13°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
Also recorded as: CPM 154, CPM154