Steeling rough edges

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Well me and a few freinds decided to have a nice little fire the other night to go with some choice beverages. Anyways, ended up pulling out the Becker Necker and Ka-Bar (1095) to play around a little. Both knives were, shall we say, abused slightly trying to chop some stuff we though was choppable, but was not; appearently. Found very large dents and heavily rolled edges after we were done.

Now, I already steeled the becker to get a fairly smooth bevel/edge area so as to not tear up my DMT stones and got that pretty much back to its scary sharpness, just gotta get some strop time in eventually. Just starting to steel the ka-bar.

But is steeling them first going to weaken the edge if I finish off with a good amount fo time on the stones and strops? I've heard of steeling-maintained knives needing sharpened more often, and I'd rather put the time in up front to remove the weak metal than have to maintain these in-field.
 
The whole point of steeling is to avoid having to sharpen often. If the metal is malleable enough to respond well to steeling, and the heat treat is good, weakness shouldn't be an issue. If the edge is restored and functional, I wouldn't waste metal grinding it off. If it cuts, use it!
 
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