Thread: I need info

Originally Posted by Jeremiah7

Is this pitting???

Those black spots are pitting. The concern is whether there is any on the bevel which is the shiny angled bit that is ground into the metal to form the cutting edge. If there was, metal would have to be removed until clean, unpitted metal could be used to form the cutting edge. What you have there looks fine as far as I can tell from the photo.