Jim,
I had originally posted this in the other thread, but as so often happens in forums the thread morphed off into another interesting subject. I think that's just fine, but I would like to revisit the issue because I want to get a better understanding of it.
The original question was:
I had learned, and intuitively it makes sense to me that a polished edge would have better edge retention than a toothy edge. Fairly recently I was wandering around the ‘Net and saw some stuff saying that due to the way a toothy edge wears, that a toothy edge could have better edge retention than a polished edge.
At this point I have no idea where I saw that info, but it ran contrary to my understanding. I have always thought that a toothy edge was less stable because the peaks of the “teeth” were not well laterally supported.
You replied that a toothy edge is has better overall retention.
Can you help me to understand why? Would that only be true with non-impact use? For example, what about if you were chopping carrots on a cutting board. Would that type of impact make a difference?
I had originally posted this in the other thread, but as so often happens in forums the thread morphed off into another interesting subject. I think that's just fine, but I would like to revisit the issue because I want to get a better understanding of it.
The original question was:
I had learned, and intuitively it makes sense to me that a polished edge would have better edge retention than a toothy edge. Fairly recently I was wandering around the ‘Net and saw some stuff saying that due to the way a toothy edge wears, that a toothy edge could have better edge retention than a polished edge.
At this point I have no idea where I saw that info, but it ran contrary to my understanding. I have always thought that a toothy edge was less stable because the peaks of the “teeth” were not well laterally supported.
You replied that a toothy edge is has better overall retention.
Can you help me to understand why? Would that only be true with non-impact use? For example, what about if you were chopping carrots on a cutting board. Would that type of impact make a difference?