Testing edge-holding ability?

How about using carpet as a testing medium? If you could get a constant supply of one type of scrap carpet from a local company it would be free... And I noticed the other day that it seems to be very abrasive on a knife edge. I'm not an engineer so take what I say with a grain of salt, lol. Anyway, just a thought.
 
Its abrasive alright :D so much so that it really doesn't matter what steel you have, the edge will be gone so quickly it leaves no room for comparison between steels.
 
Ah, lol. Gotcha, I didn't think about that!
 
Plus, carpet has glues and various weaves of different materials which are not consistent. Thus reacting differently on knife steels. DM
 
KC, When stropping your edge, use a Sharpie and mark the edge bevel inorder to make sure your hitting it when stropping. On a finely sharpened edge strop on fine slurry and coarse slurry on a coarsely sharpened edge. Check the edge using magnification after a few strokes. DM
 
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