No passing result yet
No test for this steel has reached 600 cuts with a recorded micro-bevel angle. The tests below show how close the edge has come.
14 tests on record for this steel.
The spread
5 of 14 tests shown; 9 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.
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.
Benchmade
No pass yet · best 419 cuts
n = 3
Bestech
No pass yet · best 186 cuts
n = 3
Civivi
No pass yet · best 28 cuts
n = 4
Defcon
No pass yet · best 2 cuts
n = 2
Ontario Knife Co.
No pass yet · best 14 cuts
n = 2
All tests
Sorted by result, then angle. Every recorded test for this steel, including heat-damage rows.
| Tags | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 419 | Benchmade / BONE COLLECTOR FIXED | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 73 | Benchmade / BONE COLLECTOR | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 38 | Benchmade / AFCK | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 28 | Civivi / TAMASHII | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 18 | Bestech / PENGUIN | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 14 | Ontario Knife Co. / CARTER PRIME | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | 15° | 2 | Civivi / ELEMENTUM | 59-61 | S | Southern Pine | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 2 | Defcon / SPHERE | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 0 | Civivi / ELEMENTUM | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | 20° | 15° | 186 | Bestech / DUNDEE | n/r | S | Spruce | |
| Fail | 25° | 11° | 22 | Bestech / PENGUIN | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | 25° | 11° | 9 | Ontario Knife Co. / Carter Prime | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | 25° | 12° | 3 | Civivi / ELEMENTUM | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | 25° | 11° | 0 | Defcon | n/r | D | Spruce |
n/r
Fail
419 cuts
- Company
- Benchmade / BONE COLLECTOR FIXED
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
73 cuts
- Company
- Benchmade / BONE COLLECTOR
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
38 cuts
- Company
- Benchmade / AFCK
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
28 cuts
- Company
- Civivi / TAMASHII
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
18 cuts
- Company
- Bestech / PENGUIN
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
14 cuts
- Company
- Ontario Knife Co. / CARTER PRIME
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
2 cuts
- Company
- Civivi / ELEMENTUM
- Secondary
- 15°
- HRC
- 59-61
- Tester
- S
n/r
Fail
2 cuts
- Company
- Defcon / SPHERE
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
0 cuts
- Company
- Civivi / ELEMENTUM
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
20°
Fail
186 cuts
- Company
- Bestech / DUNDEE
- Secondary
- 15°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- S
25°
Fail
22 cuts
- Company
- Bestech / PENGUIN
- Secondary
- 11°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
25°
Fail
9 cuts
- Company
- Ontario Knife Co. / Carter Prime
- Secondary
- 11°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
25°
Fail
3 cuts
- Company
- Civivi / ELEMENTUM
- Secondary
- 12°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
25°
Fail
0 cuts
- Company
- Defcon
- Secondary
- 11°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D