Thread: Best way to sharpen Mercator Stainless?

Originally Posted by jpurdon

So I've now got my hands on legit Mercator carbon steel blade but she's all rusted up. Should be able to tidy it up and get a good edge on that using a few of the tips given above.

Only thing with rust is that it leaves 'craters' which will forever be a part of the finished edge.


Unless you can polish ALL the rust pitting out then it will never be as sharp as it could have been. In saying that, it should come up pretty mean unless the pitting is really deep. Kinda like a micro serrated blade....