02-26-2018, 09:50 AM
"That's the problem with all the "high wear" super steels. IMHO sharpen-ability is more important than what little extra edge holding there's supposed to be.
If you can't get S110V, or S90V (very little difference) sharp in the first place, what good is it? You're stuck with a mediocre edge for a long time."
That makes a lot of sense to us Mark. We tend to gear our thinking around here to the average knife user. The average knife user thinks of his knife strictly as a tool. Anything that makes maintenance of that tool easier will be perceived as an improvement. We don't think, Mark, that your products or the clientele who purchase those products could be considered average in any sense of the term so its interesting to see that you are very willing to consider all users as opposed to the few.
Here's another question about steels if you fellows don't mind. How and how much does the tempering process affect hardness? We understand that quenched steels fresh out of the hardening furnace are brittle but are they harder in this original state than their tempered versions?
If you can't get S110V, or S90V (very little difference) sharp in the first place, what good is it? You're stuck with a mediocre edge for a long time."
That makes a lot of sense to us Mark. We tend to gear our thinking around here to the average knife user. The average knife user thinks of his knife strictly as a tool. Anything that makes maintenance of that tool easier will be perceived as an improvement. We don't think, Mark, that your products or the clientele who purchase those products could be considered average in any sense of the term so its interesting to see that you are very willing to consider all users as opposed to the few.
Here's another question about steels if you fellows don't mind. How and how much does the tempering process affect hardness? We understand that quenched steels fresh out of the hardening furnace are brittle but are they harder in this original state than their tempered versions?