S30V blade sharpened and polished by cutting soft wood!

[Nogorn]

I cut down a thin tree and cut out about a 2 inch section. I have been whittling it for about 10 minutes now and i noticed that my blade has been polished and hasn't dulled at all. anyone else ever encounter this?

 

[weech3]

Organic stropping? Yes, I've experienced similar instances, more so with s35vn.

 

[singularity35]

Soft wood doesn't really dull a blade much.

 

[nickites]

Plants are full of silica, among other things.

 

[knoefz]

It's not uncommon to use balsawood for stropping.
So no surprise there

 

[HwangJino]

I have performed emergency strops on my wooden cutting board at work.

 

[GronK]

For something really different try cutting cardboard with a Buck 110 Ion Fusion. The abrasive cardboard wears away some stainless blade material and leaves just the coating on the cutting edge (final bevel is chisel ground) of super hard material meaning it really gets sharper as you go.