Question : Sharpening and knife at rest.

[Chapp]

Nice.
Dry wood or green wood?
What happens if you hit the wood with the back of the knife?
If you put the wood in a sock or put a tshirt over it?
If you add more slice into your chop?

Dry wood. I tried it like you said :

- Back of the blade : nothing happened.
- I put a piece of cloth on the wood before striking it, the ka-bar did go through.
- Still the same, the knife did go through (with and without the piece of cloth).

I wish I could record the act ahah, but I have a dumb phone.

 

[Jamesh Bond]

Corrosion can occur on a microscopic level, even if you see no visual indication.

All my carbon steel knives lose their "freshness" after they've sat around for awhile. Just remember to hone or strop before you use it, and the edge you put it away with will come back in seconds.