15°
Smallest micro-bevel angle that held 600 push cuts on A-grade FAS spruce.
Based on 2 passing tests
with a recorded micro-bevel angle, out of 14 total for this steel.
Limited data: this rests on
very few tests. Treat as provisional.
The test that got there
- Company / model
- Kizer
- Secondary bevel
- 12° per side
- Micro-bevel
- 15° (the headline angle)
- Factory HRC
- Hardness not recorded
- Tester
- D
- Wood
- Spruce
- Date
- 2024/05/25
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.
This steel's headline rests on a small number of passing tests. 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.
Cold Steel
20°
n = 5
Defcon
No pass yet · best 25 cuts
n = 1
Kizer
15°
n = 2
Kubey
No pass yet · best 12 cuts
n = 1
Rick Hinderer
No pass yet · best 96 cuts
n = 3
We Knife
No pass yet · best 50 cuts
n = 2
All tests
Sorted by result, then angle. Every recorded test for this steel, including heat-damage rows.
| Tags | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pass | 15° | 12° | 600 | Kizer | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Pass | 20° | 11° | 600 | Cold Steel / TALWAR | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 160 | Kizer / SHEEPDOG | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 120 | Cold Steel / Bush Ranger | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 96 | Rick Hinderer / XM-18 3.5" | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 41 | Cold Steel / Bush Ranger | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 27 | Rick Hinderer / XM-18 3.5" | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 25 | Defcon / AGENT | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 19 | Cold Steel / Bush Ranger | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 16 | Rick Hinderer / XM-18 3" | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | n/r | n/r | 12 | Kubey / ATLAS | n/r | I | Spruce | |
| Fail | 15° | 11° | 103 | Cold Steel / TALWAR | n/r | D | Spruce | |
| Fail | 15° | 11° | 50 | We Knife / BANTER | n/r | S | Spruce | |
| Fail | 15° | 11° | 12 | We Knife / BANTER | n/r | S | Spruce |
15°
Pass
600 cuts
- Company
- Kizer
- Secondary
- 12°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
20°
Pass
600 cuts
- Company
- Cold Steel / TALWAR
- Secondary
- 11°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
160 cuts
- Company
- Kizer / SHEEPDOG
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
120 cuts
- Company
- Cold Steel / Bush Ranger
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
96 cuts
- Company
- Rick Hinderer / XM-18 3.5"
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
n/r
Fail
41 cuts
- Company
- Cold Steel / Bush Ranger
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
27 cuts
- Company
- Rick Hinderer / XM-18 3.5"
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
25 cuts
- Company
- Defcon / AGENT
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
19 cuts
- Company
- Cold Steel / Bush Ranger
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
16 cuts
- Company
- Rick Hinderer / XM-18 3"
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
n/r
Fail
12 cuts
- Company
- Kubey / ATLAS
- Secondary
- n/r
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- I
15°
Fail
103 cuts
- Company
- Cold Steel / TALWAR
- Secondary
- 11°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- D
15°
Fail
50 cuts
- Company
- We Knife / BANTER
- Secondary
- 11°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- S
15°
Fail
12 cuts
- Company
- We Knife / BANTER
- Secondary
- 11°
- HRC
- n/r
- Tester
- S