recently got this knife as a gift and it’s my first Damascus steel.
i am never happy with the edge, it has teeth, it doesn’t glide. fine when cutting bread but awful for an apple :/
is that normal for damascus?
No, my Damascus knives hold an edge well. From the picture it looks like it’s chipping along the seams between the metal layers, which is a bad sign. Folded steel should still be fully welded together if done correctly. Have you tried resharpening it from scratch? The edge on it looks pretty wacky.
From the picture it looks like it’s chipping along the seams between the metal layers, which is a bad sign.
that’s what i see, yes. i can even feel the different layers with my fingertips.
It’s a gift and i don’t trust the steel enough to resharpen from scratch. I am afraid of opening up one of those layers that end up vertical to the edge
I wouldn’t buy this knife but now that it’s gifted, i don’t want to break it either :/
