Does a polished egde resist chipping?

[clausDenmark]

This just struck me.

When a polished edge has a much smoother surface, wouldnt it have less tendency to chip than an egde with a coarser surface, where all the tiny scratches could be starting points for minute cracks??

Or is this just theoritical?

Just wondering...



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Claus Christensen

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[Cliff Stamp]

Claus, yes for exactly the reason you describe. What is generally more important for me though is resistant to direct impact and a polished edge is stronger in this area than a coarse one. Do some chopping with both and see which one degrades faster to a much greater extent.

-Cliff

 

[clausDenmark]

Thanks for the answer, i didnt know that it held up better in chopping aswell.

I seems that i´m getting smarter day by day.

Thanks.



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Claus Christensen

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