{"title":"Kit Refills","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"weapon-grade-eva-foam","title":"Weapon Grade EVA Foam","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHolds an edge!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e70 Shore C is dense enough to take a bevel and keep it. Sand a blade edge into softer foam and it rounds over in your hands, then dents the first time the piece gets set down on a table. This does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt is also the grade for anything that gets picked up and carried: blade cores, hafts, hard structural spines inside a larger build.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWorth knowing before you buy: it is harder to heat form than Armor Grade, and it resists a tight compound curve. That is the tradeoff for the edge retention. 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