I have seen a common comment on knife forums and on my YouTube videos. It seems to be one of those statements that different people unintentionally copy from someone else. Everyone seems to think they thought of it on their own. It has a lot of variations but boils down to one statement: “People can’t tell the difference between knife steels anyway.”
So starts a very interesting video where Larrin breaks down the lament “no one can tell the difference in steels anyway”. He makes a clear case that depending on the steel, even a very novice knife user should be able to tell the basics.
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Knife Steel – Can You Tell the Difference?
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