frustrated at not getting a razor sharp edge
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about 6 years ago I was at bass pro shops and they had a sale on knives,so I picked up two non-serrated blade marine combat knives for future use , they are genuine K-bar not clones and if I remember correctly I paid about $70 each at the time, they got put away in my safe until about a week ago when I pulled one out and decided to sharpen it , now I can put a razor edge on almost every knife I own, and some of my san-mi cold steel knives can take an exceptional edge, but after 3 -4 hours of careful hone with a diamond hone the K-bar has an edge that I would call barely acceptable while even some of my gerbers, old timer and sharade knives, that cost far less have far better results in far less time?
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and the same sharpening process has consistently resulted
in excellent results on the other blades?
is it just that the steel is soft?
any suggestions?



Last edited by 340mag; 10/25/14.