Quality tests :

EVERCUT®’s performances were measured by independent English laboratory CATRA (Cutlery & Allied Trades Research Association), which evaluated the blade’s durability and cutting quality according to the international cutting standard BS EN ISO 8442-5:2004.

The test consists in positioning the blade on a swivelling base (cycle in both directions) and to cut a quantity of highly abrasive paper loaded with 5% of quartz at each cycle.

Measuring the cutting quality :

The quantity of paper cut after the first three cycles (in mm) measures the cutting quality; this corresponds to the ICP (Initial Cutting Performance) rating. This result is then positioned in the following valuation system:

> Blades not attaining the minimum value of 50 mm are not acceptable and should not be marketed.

However, 25% of new knives on the market (all types/all origins) are part of this category whereas they do not fulfil their primary function.

> From 50 mm to 70 mm, knives are considered to be “acceptable”.

If you add up the results from this category with the previous one, more than half of new knives for sale on the market (all types/all origins) are concerned.

> From 70 mm to 90 mm, knives obtain the result “good”.

Approximately 30% of new knives for sale on the market (all types/all origins) enter this category.

> Only 20% of tested knives (all types/all origins) obtain the rating “very good” or “excellent”. With an ICP over 100, EVERCUT® takes pride of place with this exceptional product being placed among the highest industry standards.

Measuring the durability of cutting performance :

The blade’s durability is then ascertained by increasing the cycles until the blade is completely blunt: this provides the CER (Cutting Edge Retention) rating. To compare EVERCUT® to other products on the market, please see EVERCUT COMPARED WITH STEEL BLADES and EVERCUT COMPARED WITH CERAMIC BLADES.