Tracy, shiny knives and cutting knives are not the same. High carbon tarnishes (turns black) but keeps on cutting. Stainless(shiny) looks good but doesn't really cut very well.
My first knife from Jantz was a carbon Buffalo Skinner for my Grandson. He shot a deer and took it home to butcher. Mom, my daughter, decided to help him. She called the next day needing me to build her some cutting knives. She had used her over priced butcher knives, Wusthof I think, and Trevor used the knife that I built for him. She said he was slicing and she was trying to pull her knives through the meat. She has now gone mostly to carbon but still displays her more expensive ones.
I don't oil mine but always dry them after washing.
Bocomo, I don't(never figured out how) post pics.
Last edited by Dave Davidson1; 11/26/17 06:39 PM.
