Petrol & Powder
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Winelover wrote, “….Switched to German manufactured J.A. Henckles Professional "S" ICE HARDENED no stain.”
About 20 years ago I purchased several Wṻsthof kitchen knives with the classic handles. I would put them on par with J.A. Henckles. Wished I had purchased them 20 years earlier. I keep some cheap kitchen knives on hand for tasks that would be considered abuse of a good knife, but I reach for the German steel most of the time. The difference between good steel and cheap steel isn’t how sharp you can make the knife; you can make the cheapest steel sharp as a razor. The difference is how long the knife will stay sharp. This is where good steel makes all the difference.
Now for everyday carry, that’s where knives come to meet their death. I carried the same Spyderco for about 25 years before I broke the tip of the blade (I almost cried). That Spyderco was so old that it didn’t even have a model name. It was compact, handy and all stainless-steel. The blade is marked AUS-6 and it took a lot of abuse. When I killed it, (and YES, it was entirely my fault) I immediately obtained a replacement Spyderco. The new one is a Delica 4 and the steel is now VC-10. It is a tad bigger than the old one. This was the closest substitute I could find for my old beloved EDC. It was about 4x what the first one cost me and I gladly paid it.
About 20 years ago I purchased several Wṻsthof kitchen knives with the classic handles. I would put them on par with J.A. Henckles. Wished I had purchased them 20 years earlier. I keep some cheap kitchen knives on hand for tasks that would be considered abuse of a good knife, but I reach for the German steel most of the time. The difference between good steel and cheap steel isn’t how sharp you can make the knife; you can make the cheapest steel sharp as a razor. The difference is how long the knife will stay sharp. This is where good steel makes all the difference.
Now for everyday carry, that’s where knives come to meet their death. I carried the same Spyderco for about 25 years before I broke the tip of the blade (I almost cried). That Spyderco was so old that it didn’t even have a model name. It was compact, handy and all stainless-steel. The blade is marked AUS-6 and it took a lot of abuse. When I killed it, (and YES, it was entirely my fault) I immediately obtained a replacement Spyderco. The new one is a Delica 4 and the steel is now VC-10. It is a tad bigger than the old one. This was the closest substitute I could find for my old beloved EDC. It was about 4x what the first one cost me and I gladly paid it.
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