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With respect, a fencing wire or bead blasted barrel will hone the knife, but do a shit job of sharpening them. Both a softer than the knife. A smooth stone will probably actually sharpen the knife...

It usually is the case in equivelent stainless vs carbon as chromium carbides are larger and hard than iron carbides, but given the stainless is a knockoff its a good bet its got a shit heat treat...

The knockoff stainless blade will be softer, so you will need to do more work on the Mercator to get the same result.

Being XC75(1075) the carbon blade will have a much higher ultimate sharpness...

Sharpen to whatever angle you like man, a lower angle will cut longer but deform quicker against hard surfaces like bone. The lansky systems the angle is only approximate anyway as its deferent...

They do their intended job well, which is to be a cheap compact usefull pocket knife. I'd love to get hold of an older model.

It would be cool if somone did somthing similar but with a better...

The failsafe best way to sharpen a Mercator is to bin it and buy a knife with an actual decent steel made in the last century or so :thumbsup:

Its not hard to do, although the equivalent stainless will abrade slower than comparable simple carbon.

Chromium in solution is what makes a knife stainless, it also binds to carbon to form...

Would have been a fine carbide, high hardness stainless. Knives like that will blunt a fine edge pretty quick against an abrading media like bones.

They are to hard so don't respond to a steel as...