OldTools Archive
Recent | Bios | FAQ |
250671 | paul womack <pwomack@p...> | 2014‑09‑29 | Re: Old kitchen knife gloat |
Michael Blair wrote: > I got my first French chef's knife 40 years ago, and nothing > but a steel has touched the edge since. I cook a lot, and I've probably > used it three times a week (I have two others) since then. I think this implies that normal knife wear is a process of deformation, not abrasion, and that the use of a steel reverses the deformation. Interesting, if it could be proved. Anyone know anything about the action of a steel beyond Leonard Lee's photomicrographs? BugBear |
|||
Recent | Bios | FAQ |