they are complicated
you are right though, you can have a knife made of great steel and a good heattreat and itnot preform because of the grind
the kershaw outcast for example, made of d2
most obtuse edge I have ever seen
I reprofiled mine though, now its a champ for chopping bushes
you can always fix it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />