aem wrote:

> Sheldon wrote:
>
>>[snip] ...one could probably do light touch ups at home with one of
>>those fercocktah diamond hones that idiots use to ruin perfectly good
>>steel cutlery... diamond hones were developed for dressing fully
>>hardened tool steels and carbides, not the relatively soft steel used
>>for cutlery, soft steel will load up with diamond particles and then in
>>use will continue to accellerate dulling itself forever, the loaded
>>diamond particles can never be removed... such a knife will literally
>>destroy itself and a knife steel... never switch a diamond honed blade
>>back to a knife steel. [snip]
>
> Where does this idea about diamond particles loading up the knife come
> from? Source? -aem

Typical Shecky rumbling in a barrel. It comes from his senescent head.
The knife manufacturers are making diamond sharpeners for their
products. So I guess none is as knowledgeable about knives as our
resident anal polyp. Somehow soft steel will break diamonds and take the
broken bits into itself and that will make the knife edge dull. And it
will keep getting duller. Or something. Jayzus, the fool posts for the
sheer sake of posting.

Pastorio