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Originally Posted by Cohibaman
Steels do not “sharpen” a knife. What they do is maintain a knife by straightening out the bent over edge of the knife. If it’s folded over completely, the steel won’t work and it’ll need to be sharpened. When you use a steel, apply pressure and pretend you’re trying to shave off a thin slice of the steel. I can keep a knife very sharp using a steel alone.
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Originally Posted by mtroo
I have always understood steels to be more for maintaining an edge and not really sharpening, per se.
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Yeah, I know that, but as long as the knife is sharper when I'm done than when I started, it has been sharpened.
