recently got this knife as a gift and it’s my first Damascus steel.
i am never happy with the edge, it has teeth, it doesn’t glide. fine when cutting bread but awful for an apple :/
is that normal for damascus?
recently got this knife as a gift and it’s my first Damascus steel.
i am never happy with the edge, it has teeth, it doesn’t glide. fine when cutting bread but awful for an apple :/
is that normal for damascus?
No, my Damascus knives hold an edge well. From the picture it looks like it’s chipping along the seams between the metal layers, which is a bad sign. Folded steel should still be fully welded together if done correctly. Have you tried resharpening it from scratch? The edge on it looks pretty wacky.
that’s what i see, yes. i can even feel the different layers with my fingertips.
It’s a gift and i don’t trust the steel enough to resharpen from scratch. I am afraid of opening up one of those layers that end up vertical to the edge
I wouldn’t buy this knife but now that it’s gifted, i don’t want to break it either :/