jpm2 wrote:
You're surprised it did or didn't chip? Are you worried it didn't chip the 2nd time?
I sharpened back to about 30 inclusive, started to open a small can of rotel tomatoes, heard a pop and stopped. Had a chip, so I quit.
I'm guessing the angle was about 35 the 2nd time, maybe that's why it came out unscathed.
I've done the same thing with a delica vg10 and it mangled the edge badly.
I'll try what jazz posted but since there's no lateral forces involved, I expect no damage or dulling. I think even low end steels can accomplish that.
I mean I would expect it to chip like that. The 2nd time? Maybe your stab was of on a different angle. I guess the scientific thing to do would be to stab it about 10 or 20 times to get an average.
There seems to be some confusion, I didn't stab anything.
