How much does steel matter to you?

Exactly! And I plan on just stropping every day after I use it. Hopefully that will be enough edge maintenance. Now just to get my stropping technique down...

I do think the micro bevel is genius though. Really will make any edge fixing easier if I do have to go back to a stone, and the angle difference is minute enough that I haven't noticed a cutting performance loss.
 
Careful not to strop to aggressively ,you'll end up losing a lot of ground and patience at the same time.
 
So that leads to another question,

When stropping a microbevel it would seem likely unless you are very careful one may start rounding the mini shoulder and start a mini convexing of the edge right? I'm not sure if I should take pains to avoid that or just let it happen..

Anyone have experience stropping microbevels?

Thanks,
Alacrity
 
Alacrity said:
When stropping a microbevel it would seem likely unless you are very careful one may start rounding the mini shoulder and start a mini convexing of the edge right?
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Yes, in fact it's possible to round the edge over so much it's not sharp anymore. That can happen due to too much pressure and/or too soft of a stropping surface. I strop on a piece of 8-9oz leather glued to a rigid flat board, with very light pressure.
 
Wow I am loving this white steel #2!

I polished briefly on a 8000 and wow is all I can say.
 
Alacrity said:
So question,

Wouldn't it be more time efficient in the long run to buy a steel that needs to be sharpened less and is stronger than a steel that's easy to sharpen but needs to be sharpened often?

I'm curious about opinions on this one.

Alacrity
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Like all knife questions, the answer is that "it depends". :D In your initial post, you mentioned D2. One of my all time favorites, and a very good steel at holding a great edge for a very long time. Now we have steels that hold an edge much longer. But D2 is still just as good as it ever was.

We have so many choices these days, it's just crazy. And it's fun to try the latest steel de jour out. In all honesty (don't let my wife read this), I could spend the rest of my life with one of my knives, and have all my cutting needs covered. And it could be a SAK. Man, I hate to admit that. But it's the truth.

We're spoiled, and it's fun to argue about steels and knives. Almost any of them will do, as long as you're willing to adjust your technique.
 
Exactly. ^ I would add, adjust your mind set as well. Because so many steels over lap in areas to the point there's not enough differences to spit at. Except in initial cost. DM
 
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