LORE LAB Steel Test Database
20°

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 6 total for this steel.
Limited data: this rests on a single test. Treat as provisional.

The test that got there

Company / model
Hogue / TEMPLAR
Secondary bevel
11° per side
Micro-bevel
20° (the headline angle)
Factory HRC
Hardness not recorded
Tester
S
Wood
Spruce
Date
2023/10/08

The spread

1 of 6 tests shown; 5 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.

Bestech
No pass yet · best 5 cuts n = 1
Civivi
No pass yet · best 31 cuts n = 4
Hogue
20° n = 1

All tests

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

Tags
Pass 20° 11° 600 Hogue / TEMPLAR n/r S Spruce
Fail n/r n/r 31 Civivi / MCKENNA n/r I Spruce
Fail n/r n/r 21 Civivi / MCKENNA n/r n/r Spruce
Fail n/r n/r 20 Civivi / PLETHIROS n/r I Spruce
Fail n/r n/r 5 Bestech / RIVERSTONE n/r I Spruce
Fail n/r n/r 5 Civivi / PLETHIROS n/r I Spruce
20° Pass 600 cuts
Company
Hogue / TEMPLAR
Secondary
11°
HRC
n/r
Tester
S
n/r Fail 31 cuts
Company
Civivi / MCKENNA
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
I
n/r Fail 21 cuts
Company
Civivi / MCKENNA
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
n/r
n/r Fail 20 cuts
Company
Civivi / PLETHIROS
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
I
n/r Fail 5 cuts
Company
Bestech / RIVERSTONE
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
I
n/r Fail 5 cuts
Company
Civivi / PLETHIROS
Secondary
n/r
HRC
n/r
Tester
I