Does heat treatment matter more than knife hardness? Can you have a bad heat treatment with good hardness? Where is the performance difference? Does edge retention suffer from a high hardness but a bad heat treatment? These are all questions I wanted answers to. So I made 3 knives one with a good heat treatment and 2 with progressively bad heat treatments. All three had the same rockwell hardness (60.5-61hc). I was definitely surprised by my findings. Chapters 00:00 Does heat treatment or Hardness matter if equal hardness? 00:48 How I made 3 test blades with good and bad heat treatments at the same hardness. 03:33 Tip strength test 05:38 Brass rod impact test 06:42 Apex stability testing 08:15 Beginning of the edge retention testing THINGS GET INTERESTING.. 12:14 What are the take aways from this testing 14:16 Before you say I screwed up… About⬇️ Hi, Im Alex, im a knife maker and YouTuber, based out of southern Pennsylvania and my youtube channel is Outdoors55. This channel started as an outdoor backpacking channel, but quickly grew into a knife/ knife making channel. Everything I do on my channel is family friendly. I primarily focus on knife / knife making videos but occasionally throw in something different. Thank you for watching!😀 Best all around sharpening stone as of now⬇️ https://amzn.to/3nkNJq1 Second one you should purchase⬇️ https://amzn.to/2PoxBYi Folding knives I recommend Best value for the money⬇️ http://amzn.to/2lTFEcX love this knife! Best cheap fixed blade⬇️ http://amzn.to/2CND28e Camera gear⬇️ Main camera https://amzn.to/3eunQ3d Other camera https://amzn.to/3es834R Michttps://amzn.to/3xlCv9A These are amazon affiliate links. FULL DISCLOSURE I earn from qualifying purchases For entertainment only. I am not, and will not be held responsible for anyone re-enacting/ duplicating anything seen in these videos. Do so at your own risk. Do not duplicate anything seen in this video. Unless you are an adult responsible for your own decisions. Thanks All my videos are copyright protected and not for sale. Everything I say and do on this channel is protected free speech. I am simply exercising my 1st amendment right under the United States constitution. The supreme law of the land. I am exercising my right to protest. As well as my 4th and 5th amendment rights.