This knife got left in the dust cos of the weather ..
My first test resulted in a 50 slice fail ( Guided Sharpener edge ) ..
Oh dear ! And yes the steel is Uber Soft ! My 40HRC file bites the blade steel HARD !
Anyways , a few months ago I did a 60 grit grind ( wet stone grinder knife sharpener ) and then I promptly lost interest ,,
But here we are ...
60 grit grind returns some 300 slices for a fail .. That's jaw dropping for such soft steel .
240/240 guided edge - Part of my Coarse Grit Sharpening experiments = 300 Slices .. But the edge is rough as guts .. ANd it was hard work pushing the blade thru the rope .
The 60 grit grind returned the same result and was much better on the rope .
Soft , really soft steel ! Probably un hardened .