Was at my local sharpening service this morning to see if they had jointer knives for my 6 inch jointer for sale. Turns out they did, but when he told me $35 bucks for a used sharpened set, I almost fell over. I can buy a new freud set for 20 something, I say. He tells me that this is old steel, much better than the new steel they use today. Professional grade, rather than "home depot" grade, as he put it. As he was a rather ornery old Italian from the old country, and was in the possesion of many sharpened instruments, I wasnt going to argue with him, plus I kinda liked the old guy. I think I went up a notch in his book when I told him I have a forrest saw blade, as he is a distributor. However, I left without a used $35 set of 6 inch knives. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew if he was feeding me a line about the 'old' vs. 'new' steel? Sounded like BS to me, but who am I to argue...I bet his wife made some mean pasta, though...
Drew