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Damascus question (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] Boinkage 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

From the picture it looks like it's chipping along the seams between the metal layers, which is a bad sign.

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 :/