dama steel is not that amazing, you can buy straight razors and kitchen knives made from damascus steel aka "wootz" but guess what? for most uses it SUCKS. why

dama steel is not that amazing, you can buy straight razors and kitchen knives made from damascus steel aka "wootz" but guess what? for most uses it SUCKS. why? because it is almost impossible to sharpen most surgical-quality steels are more than hard enough, but soft enough to actually be sharpened on a garnet (belgian coticule) or synthetic hone. my best straight razors are the ones from the 20s and 30s....before people knew how to make even today's surgical steel. i can actually sharpen them. harder steel requires hours of honing and doesn't work any better. look at some web forums for straight razors....very few fans of damasteel can be found