Quote Originally Posted by izlat View Post
What can I say - Lynn was selling minty (if I am not wrong, but they surely looked very nice) stainless steel 5/8 Pumas here for $150... You will have to do some searching in the BST section, or just PM Lynn. He might even have one left.

I got one of them :-)

The old no-stainless rule I think came about because stainless hones differently from carbon steel. Nowadays this isn't as big a deal because we're used to it, but I suspect it came as a real shock when they were first introduced.

They are a little trickier to hone, but the edge lasts longer. A bigger deal is that stainless feels (and sounds) a little scratchier on your face than carbon steel - the "sounds" bit is probably more significant IMO.

I think the Henckels Friodurs are better than my Puma INOX though.