Thread: Best way to sharpen Mercator Stainless?

Originally Posted by thatguy

Further interesting results: my Mercator with a carbon blade came out less sharp than the cheap knock off sheffield with a stainless blade. Followed the same method. Interesting also that the carbon blade really needs to be finished off on a strop, more so than the stainless. Sorry if this is common sense to a lot of you.

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 potential than the cheap stainless will due to the large chromium carbides in the stainless. You will have to be a pretty good sharpener to get to a point you notice that.

Did you form a burr on the Mercator?