Yup. Umm…, that about sums it up, and I must say, beautifully and succinctly put. I was drawn to embellish, but I would only be gilding the lily.
That said, until proven otherwise I'm still open to the possibility that harder steel may be advantageous when not over sharpened to an excessively thin edge. It could pan out that harder steel is only an advantage when initial sharpness is so dull it it irrelevant, or maybe not. We will see. But until then I remain open minded.
And even after that, I'll still be open minded because I've grown to not be surprised to discover that everything I think I know is wrong.
That said, until proven otherwise I'm still open to the possibility that harder steel may be advantageous when not over sharpened to an excessively thin edge. It could pan out that harder steel is only an advantage when initial sharpness is so dull it it irrelevant, or maybe not. We will see. But until then I remain open minded.
And even after that, I'll still be open minded because I've grown to not be surprised to discover that everything I think I know is wrong.