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05-19-2014, 04:45 AM #4
Jimmy, I honed an Iwasaki western @ HV 860 which = about 65HRC. Just awesome steel, hard yet ductile, not chippy at all but did require a lot of time & trips back to the hones. Never at any point were the shave tests uncomfortable.
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