Can anyone tell me if 8cr13 steel has good edge retention?
Thanks
Denny
I have several AG Russell pocketknives in this steel and they hold up well. I should add that I don't usually let my knives get dull. I stop my edc knife on the bottom of my ceramic coffee mug every morning. just a few strokes keeps it sharp.
Thanks Buck. I just got a knife of this and it seemed take a lot of sharpining to to do much.
Denny
longstiks, I'm guessing the factory edge was very steep and you probably spent a lot of time removing metal to get the edge thinner. I would expect subsequent sharpening will be much quicker.
Part of the problem was different angles on the factory edge but the steel did seem to be fairly hard. Thanks again
Denny