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Is it realistic that a fully hardened and tempered blade (stock removal, 1/8" 1075 or 1084 for example) should be able to flex 90° without snapping, or is that something only to be expected of blades that have been forged, selectively hardened, or given a soft back draw? My fully hardened and tempered 1075 blades have a fine grain, hold a good edge and they are tough as nails, but if put in a vise they are very hard to flex past even maybe °40. If pushed too far, they don't bend, they snap. So is that to be expected?