I've been honing just shy of five years now and one of the ways beginners are able to check their wet stone progress is by shaving their face with whatever it is that they are honing. Pocket knives..kitchen knives..awls..whatever. I can easily get a nice facial shave with a standard pen style Swiss Army blade. Is it suitable for that? Absolutely not; but it is certainly doable. So I disagree with your statement wholeheartedly. My point was you can make any knife "shave ready" if you know how to sharpen cutlery. Especially one with such a soft steel.