Redwax

Thanks, I stand corrected. I was speculating based on the naming convention but you guys know more about it than me. I'll add an edit to...

It is absolutely not M4 class steel.

Very different steel, jns says it's similar to Hitachi blue steel. They def ain't forging welding that with wrought iron. Probably...

It looks similar to this steel on zknives: https://zknives.com/knives/steels/AFNOR/x130wmocrv_06-05-04-04.shtml If so, basically an...

X50CrMoV15 isn't proprietary. It's about as common a steel as there is, including what Zwilling uses. I recently did some reading on...

For sure, as I said to you another message and others have said here, there's a lot room for a lot of different techniques. Many of us...

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It isn't bad to try different things, but at some point you will just have to put in the hours to go from good to very good. The fine...

Just to be clear, Shapton Glass is not better than the Pro. This is all just personal preference. All of the stones you have listed are...

I pretty much form a burr on both sides, on the same stone, repeat with less pressure and then alternate leading passes. Just to...

And one other thing, on the subject of deburring… I find that what Redwax says here is true: After forming an initial apex; I don’t...

One of the first things our genus ever figured out was how to make dull things sharp. We've been doing it for over 2.6 million years...

The answer is *exactly* what @M1k3 replied here: Thin geometry leading into the edge. Hopefully that goes without saying. A finish...

That's true. I have all my knives sharpened but I just realized I don't have to wait for them to get dull to sharpen again

100%. When you’ve just about mastered it is the time to look at all the subtle nuances.