Micro Carbide Steel (Jaguar)
Micro Carbide is Jaguar’s proprietary blade steel for its BLACK LINE scissors, including GIANT. Jaguar’s 2025 catalog describes a powder-metallurgical process that distributes small carbides through the material. Jaguar lists 59 HRC for GIANT, not as a grade-wide specification. FRIODUR is a separate heat-treatment mark, not another name for Micro Carbide.
Read a steel claim as a four-layer record
A grade can be useful evidence, but a finished shear adds maker execution, geometry, condition, and service history. Apply to Micro Carbide Steel (Jaguar)
- 01 Identify the grade Use a producer or traceable maker designation.
- 02 Name the source layer Separate mill data, maker data, seller copy, and measurement.
- 03 Record execution Heat treatment, geometry, assembly, and finished-blade values stay model-specific.
- 04 Keep the history Condition, use, care, impacts, and service affect the working edge.
Do not inferOne element, HRC value, country adjective, price tier, or steel name cannot rank sharpness, toughness, corrosion resistance, or service life.
Micro Carbide Steel (Jaguar)
Material and blade geometry
Jaguar’s BLACK LINE catalog describes Micro Carbide as powder-metallurgical and says vanadium is present at a high concentration, without giving a composition percentage. It describes an adjusted vacuum-hardening process. These are Jaguar’s material and manufacturing claims; they do not supply a universal finished-blade hardness or edge-life measurement.
The GIANT product page identifies Micro Carbide steel in a BLACK LINE scissor with convex blades, integrated polished edges and a finished hardness of 59 HRC. Other BLACK LINE models should be checked by their individual specifications. A steel label alone does not imply a bevel, serration or particular service method.
Micro Carbide and FRIODUR
Micro Carbide is the material name. FRIODUR is an ice-hardening treatment mark used in Jaguar/Zwilling product descriptions. Treating FRIODUR as a Micro Carbide alias confuses the material with processing and can assign the wrong specification to a scissor.
Care and service
Wipe and dry blades after use, oil the pivot as Jaguar directs, and keep the correct tension. Have a sharpener preserve the exact model’s convex edge and hollow grind. Do not infer a fixed sharpening interval from the Micro Carbide name.
Sources
- Jaguar Solingen: GIANT: named BLACK LINE Micro Carbide model, blade geometry and 59 HRC model specification.
- Jaguar Solingen: 2025 catalog: maker description of Micro Carbide and its powder-metal process.
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Frequently Asked Questions
3 answers you can open one at a timeIs Micro Carbide Steel the same as FRIODUR?
No. Micro Carbide is Jaguar’s BLACK LINE blade material. FRIODUR names a separate ice-hardening treatment mark, not an alloy grade or synonym for Micro Carbide.
What hardness does Jaguar publish for Micro Carbide?
Jaguar lists 59 HRC for its GIANT model. That finished-model figure is not a grade-wide Micro Carbide hardness specification; check each scissor’s listing.
Are Micro Carbide blades beveled or serrated?
Jaguar describes BLACK LINE models with convex, hollow-ground blades and integrated polished edges. Check the exact model rather than inferring a bevel or serration from the steel name.
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