Steels and their Purpose

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Re: Steels and their Purpose

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The way I would look at it is not the steels purpose, but the knife's purpose, then selecting the steel by it's attributes.
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Re: Steels and their Purpose

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jasonstone20 wrote:
Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:03 am
The way I would look at it is not the steels purpose, but the knife's purpose, then selecting the steel by it's attributes.
Hence, why I’m a knife nerd (with strong curiosity about steels and their stages of production), and not a knife steel nerd (all props to them who help to keep me curious).
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