I've got a cleaver and a skinning knife that were made by my great grandfather that are well over 100 years old .He was a crafty old coot I could never understand with his Liverpool British accent .Too bad I was about 12 when he passed and could have gained some valuable info had I been older...
I've got a couple of hunting knives made of Solgen steel which will hold an edge like a razor .
In a former life with former wife there were some good steel knives but where they went after her demise I have not a clue .In addition there were a dozen straight razors and two strops I seemed to...
I've got a couple good carbon steel knives .A Foster Brothers that looks like a cavalry saber for one and few others .Now those I can get sharp with a steel .
Just something about stainless .I know people like them because they don't rust .Nothing is like the edge you can put on a good carbon...
I bought the wife a set of Burgvogels' a few years back .I tried to keep an edge on them with a steel but gave up .Fact just about 10 minutes ago I put them away after honing them on the old Norton stone .Rascals are sharp now .I dislike stainless steel knives but I guess that's all you get...
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