From: charlesanderson@optushome.com.au   
      
   deowll wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   The point is I've only "ever" sharpened the blade once, and I used a   
   steel at the same time.   
      
   I have not touched it with a steel since.  The knife is used all the time.   
      
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