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Originally Posted by PeterTheWolf
All right then ... I will assume this is something nobody body knows on this forum ... thanks anyways ... will look else where ....
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Your question was originally directed at Ed so I didn't answer. But depending on the steel and design, yes you can get a 30deg flex or more from a blade with a soft back draw. The difference? The soft back draw blade will return to strait.
I used to do the edge quench but found by experience that the soft back draw makes a better blade. One I tested, a 8" Bowie, was able to pull my 65lb vice out of its anchors. It flexed about 30 deg. That test followed chopping through a 2x4 3 times then slicing cleanly through a rope. I still carry that knife with me.