frustrated at not getting a razor sharp edge - 10/25/14
frustrated at not getting a razor sharp edge
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?
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?