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Title: steel quality ?
Post by: longstiks on June 11, 2016, 12:56:00 PM

Can anyone tell me if 8cr13 steel has good edge retention?
Thanks
Denny

Title: Re: steel quality ?
Post by: Uncle Buck on June 12, 2016, 07:31:00 AM

I have several AG Russell pocketknives in this steel and they hold up well. I should add that I don't usually let my knives get dull. I stop my edc knife on the bottom of my ceramic coffee mug every morning. just a few strokes keeps it sharp.

Title: Re: steel quality ?
Post by: longstiks on June 12, 2016, 08:35:00 AM

Thanks Buck. I just got a knife of this and it seemed take a lot of sharpining to to do much.
Denny

Title: Re: steel quality ?
Post by: Bladepeek on June 12, 2016, 01:03:00 PM

longstiks, I'm guessing the factory edge was very steep and you probably spent a lot of time removing metal to get the edge thinner. I would expect subsequent sharpening will be much quicker.

Title: Re: steel quality ?
Post by: longstiks on June 13, 2016, 04:11:00 AM

Part of the problem was different angles on the factory edge but the steel did seem to be fairly hard. Thanks again
Denny