The rate of polish or cutting is influenced by the particle size. As the abrasive gets much larger than the size of the carbides it starts to "see" them even less. However the carbide volume compared to the steel volume is small even in steels like 10V. This is a k390 blade sharpened with a Soft Arkansas stone which easily cuts a polished micro-bevel even though the stone is only quartz. That stone leaves a polish so high is starts catching hair and shaving above the skin.KevinOubre wrote: Cliff, wouldn't this apply to mostly coarse grits?
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What happens exactly? There are a gajillion reasons why that can be happening, the most common one is that due to the very high grindability the edge isn't prepared for the micro-bevel or if you are polishing the edge vs sharpening (apex bevel) then you can't skip grits with poor grindability.I have not had great results getting a polished, mirror edge using the spyderco stones on steels like 10V, S90V, and S110V.