[TheForge] abs test knives

[Mike Spencer]

> ...most abs test knives look like some kind of mutant Japanese
> garden tool after the bend test. As long as there's no cracking, you
> pass.

I have this vague recollection from when one of our local guys (now
deceased) did the test,  that the test blade was allowed to crack at the
hardened edge after the 90 deg. bend, just not crack acreoss or break.

But I might misremember.

- Mike

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