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Steel Hypothesis, carbon v stain resistant

Marion David Poff

Marion David Poff

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So.

I was sharpning an opinel I was about to give to a co-worker and I noticed that it left very little steel on the stone.

That got me thinking about what I have heard about carbon having a finer grain...

So is that why less on stones?

Finer grain means less material per grain breaking off?

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