maybe i'm just nuts,idk.

i cant put it into words but i feel like i get a better feel or understanding of a steel when i "ping" the blade with my finger tips or much more so when i take two blades of the same steel and lightly "clank" them together.

example............

when i take two swamprats with their 52100 and "clank" them together i get a somewhat high pitched "clink"

when i take two scrapyards with their S7 steel and "clank" them together i get a hollow "thud"

not than one is better or more desirable than the other.

i cant put into words either what i learn from doing it but i do it with every steel i have.i'm bumping 1095's into each other and 5160's into each other and so on and so on.

dont knock it until you try it.take two scrapers and just lightly clang the blades into each other and then do the same thing with two swamprats.it wont prove anything and its not scientific either.i just wanted to expose you to my madness thats all.

someone mentioned how an older busse had a different ping than the others and i felt like i knew what he meant and though i would share and see if i am all alone on this one.

its o.k. i can handle it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />