My father makes knives and I like the demascus(sp) for meat..It has kind of a suraded edge and seams to cut meat better and stay sharp longer.As far as shapening them I use a stone to get them as sharp as I possibly can by hand then I use a buffing stone and compound on my grinder to finish them off...TM laugh
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