practice steel
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Rob, interesting question…I think there is no one steel that you can pick that would give you the learning experience you can gain by sharpening everything and anything, that is any steel you can. Sharpening uses the same techniques with every steel. Master the techniques.
That said a steel around HRc 60 is a good balance between hardness and ease of sharpening. It’s not too hard that it’s difficult to sharpen but it’s hard enough to require a little bit of effort.
Marc
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Aus8 is probably the easiest decent steel that I can think of. But I agree with Marc.
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