Originally Posted by
randydance062449
Ummm, I attended a metallurgy class at Howard Clarks Morgan Valley Forge a few years ago.
We dissected a few of the GD's, Re-heat treated a few then broke them before and after the heat treat.
The conclusion was that they are not properly heat treated from the factory. They have a very large grain size and they are to soft. That's why they will not hold an edge for long. We found that if we heat treated them then the grain size became much smaller and the steel harder. Of course that destroyed the edge ( it became a potato chip shaped edge, very wavy).
So, do not expect the edge to last for very long. You will get a lot of practice rehoning it. :)