On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:35:44 +0000, Dave Hinz wrote:
That's the part that I don't understand. Why does it wear away. The
hair should wear before the steel.
I think it's chipping away, not wearing away.
Also bending, flowing, and generally deforming. Think of the point
pressure you achieve when pushing a very sharp blade against a round
object.
While googling around for sharpening info, I saw one grade of
material that used talc as the abrasive. Mighty slow cutting, one would
think.
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