On Oct 30, 2:45*pm, Robatoy wrote:
On Oct 30, 11:28*am, RicodJour wrote:

On Oct 30, 2:12*am, "Josepi" wrote:

Knife steels do not actually sharpen knives. They have no abrasive but
rather only allign the edge again. There should be no metal come off using a
steel.

For once Guiseppi is correct.... in a sense. What the steel does is
not remove any material but it creates a slightly serrated edge on an
already existing edge by lightly 'bending' if you will, the otherwise
smooth edge. It creates 'tooth'. Strapping does the opposite.

Stick to words, Rico.

It's a blessing...and a curse. Sigh. What do you think 'sharpen'
means? It does not mean to make smooth. What does 'sharp' mean?
I'll save my fingers the walking and say, with respect to knives, it
means 'cuts easily'.

The J-unit said steels do not sharpen, which is an extreme example of
complete nonsense.

R