LORE LAB Steel Test Database
Passed

This steel reached 600 push cuts, but no passing test recorded the micro-bevel angle it held. The edge angle is unknown, not zero.

1 passing test out of 1 total for this steel, none with a recorded angle.

The test that got there

Company / model
IYK / C'est la vie
Secondary bevel
Not recorded
Micro-bevel
Not recorded (passed at 600 cuts with the angle unknown)
Factory HRC
Hardness not recorded
Tester
I
Wood
Spruce

The spread

0 of 1 tests shown; 1 have no recorded angle
Pass (600 cuts) Fail (at its cut count)

No test for this steel has a recorded micro-bevel angle, so there is nothing to plot. Every test is listed in the table below.

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.

IYK
Passed · angle not recorded n = 1

All tests

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

Tags
Pass n/r n/r 600 IYK / C'est la vie n/r I Spruce
n/r Pass 600 cuts
Company
IYK / C'est la vie
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
I