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   "Chilla"  wrote in message   
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   > the wharf rat wrote:   
   >> But ALL knives eventually need to be reground, don't they??   
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   > Well this one hasn't needed it yet, and it's going on 13 years... it's   
   > hideous though :-(   
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   > Regards Charles   
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   If your blade needs regrinding even after 13 years you are using it a lot   
   more than I do or you are doing a lot more damage to the knife when you   
   resharpen. My parents largely wore their favorite of my early childhood out   
   but then they used a file.  I'd say fourteen years tops to very badly worn   
   with the blade getting more or less constant use. Maybe a fourth of it was   
   gone? None of the old country butcher knives started out with a wasp waist   
   but the older ones that were used constantly all grew them.   
      
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