Edge Rolling in High Vanadium Knives

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Interesting Jan and thanks for the above but it spawns a couple of questions for us. It would seem that a fair amount of force/time would be required in order for an abrasive particle to grind the surface of a carbide down. This would seem antithetical to a few other conversations that have been conducted on the BESS Exchange with regard to heat generation during the grinding process. What would be your opinion with regard to this? Secondly, it would seem then that high carbide content knife steel then shares some similarities in construction to an abrasive wheel - A matrix and an abrasive particle (carbide). Since the abrasive particle in the wheel is more abrasion resistant than the matrix, the matrix wears away more quickly exposing new abrasive particles. Seems as if, then, that any attempt to "grind down" a carbide particle embedded in softer steel might become an exercise in tail chasing. What say ye?