stabby joe, I think 440c and stuff can be hard to sharpen, (well, at least harder to sharpen than tool steels) tool steel as normally pretty easy to sharpen.
sharp: I thought ceramic romoved metal.
I thought it was that just sharpening steels align the edge... but i think ceramic actually sharpens the knife... from what I understand.
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