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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Droberts" data-source="post: 2288647" data-attributes="member: 13839">if your goal is a quality blade start by refusing to purchase one unless you know the exact metal that was used and what hardening and tempering process the blade went through. if that information is not available look elsewhere.if you want a high quality knife to use for the rest of your life find a bladesmith and have him make you one out of 1095 steel, differentially hardened and tempered correctly.using the sharpness of a blade as a single metric for quality is the wrong way to do it.edit:here's an example of what im talking about.[Broken External Image]</blockquote>