I’m a loyal Cold Steel user. There are lots of good knives from CS in a wide range of prices, but they all come razor sharp and are easy to sharpen in my experience.
I primarily use a steel and a ceramic sharpening rods for my knife sharpening. Very quick and simple. I can get my knives shaving as harp rather quickly. If the blade is very dull or damaged, I use a medium diamond stone to reshape my edge.
I picked up a field knife by Cold Steel last month. It's OK but it doesn't hold and edge like I thought it would cutting up some pigs. I understand the knife steel tests 56 on a Rockwell hardness test. I'm looking for something that tests between 57 and 60 but not finding much unless I'm willing to pay big bucks. I would pay a fair price but very few list their Rockwell hardness. They just brag about their steel but don't give much for numbers a guy can relate to.
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