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250679 Gary Katsanis <gtgrouch@r...> 2014‑09‑29 Fwd: Re: Old kitchen knife gloat
I wonder if a worn steel can be re-sharpened as if it were a file.

Can't think of a reason why not!

Gary Katsanis
Albion NY, USA


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Subject: 	Re: [OldTools] Old kitchen knife gloat
From: 	scott grandstaff 



> It may speak a bit to the process of deformation hypothesis, but
> sharpening steels
> also have abrasive properties, so in using one, there is a bit of stock
> removal along with correction of deformation.
Sharpening steels come in different cut configurations.
Some are so smooth they hardly cut at all, some are fairly aggressive.
  Finding dirt dull ones at the salvation Army? That is pretty easy, but
mostly just rob the handles off or maybe make a lineup pin out of it.

  WR Case always made the best, IMO. Sharp fast, you don't have to go
over your edge 121 times to make a difference.
  Not sure if they still make them, and/or if they are any good under
current production.
  But find yourself NOS from the 70s or 80s and I believe you will be
well satisfied.

  Old hardware and sporting goods stores usually have them, and they
will likely be from an earlier time, still sitting in the box waiting
for a date.
      yours Scott
250701 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2014‑09‑30 Re: Fwd: Re: Old kitchen knife gloat
Gary Katsanis wrote:
> I wonder if a worn steel can be re-sharpened as if it were a file.
>
> Can't think of a reason why not!

There's something interesting going on here. Here's a load
of Victorian Steels that have no "file type" grooves
at all (sharp or otherwise), they're just polygons, some with
hollow faces.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1364&bih=590&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=carving+
set+steel+victorian&oq=carving+set+steel+victorian&gs_l=img.3...7735.16703.0.168
44.60.39.0.0.0.8.271.3553.25j8j2.35.0....0...1c.1.54.img..48.12.1637.y923FAbHM30
">https://www.google.com/search?biw=1364&bih=590&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=carving+set+ste
el+victorian&oq=carving+set+steel+victorian&gs_l=img.3...7735.16703.0.16844.60.3
9.0.0.0.8.271.3553.25j8j2.35.0....0...1c.1.54.img..48.12.1637.y923FAbHM30

   BugBear

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