On 12/01/2015 7:47 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
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Yes, pits in the cutting edge itself, or on the bevel side can be ground
away. Pits on the back, not so much, and they affect the quality of
the cutting edge.

Unless they're either humongous or exceedingly numerous, the fractional
area lost would be miniscule. If there's one in the current edge area,
it'll go away too if the edge is ground back if it can't be honed away.

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