Canal Street Cutlery Question

[marcinek]

In the General Discussion/I Need Help thread, Hukk noted

The way Canal Street Cutlery knives are finished is that they are highly polished on the mark side but not on the pile side. That is how they should look and someone new to knives needs to know that going in. ... .

... how they are finished, that being on only one side, the mark side before buying.

A question. Why wouldn't CSC finish/polish both sides of the blades? Is it purely aesthetic? Is there some other reason?

As a relative new guy who has never held a CSC knife (but who wants one!), it seems to me that that is akin to a complaint I have heard about Queen D2, i.e., that they do not do a complete job of sharpening, leaving that up to the individual buyer.

So...what gives with the CSC polishing? Whats the scoop?...the skinny?...

Again, thanks in advance for the schoolin'....jm

[Hukk]

In the General Discussion/I Need Help thread, Hukk noted

The way Canal Street Cutlery knives are finished is that they are highly polished on the mark side but not on the pile side. That is how they should look and someone new to knives needs to know that going in. ... .

... how they are finished, that being on only one side, the mark side before buying.

A question. Why wouldn't CSC finish/polish both sides of the blades? Is it purely aesthetic? Is there some other reason?

As a relative new guy who has never held a CSC knife (but who wants one!), it seems to me that that is akin to a complaint I have heard about Queen D2, i.e., that they do not do a complete job of sharpening, leaving that up to the individual buyer.

So...what gives with the CSC polishing? Whats the scoop?...the skinny?...

Again, thanks in advance for the schoolin'....jm

When Canal Street Cutlery first started doing business they brought back a few older models and some older techniques as well. What I was told that much of what they did followed some old time traditions, such as a fine crocus finish on one side, the mark side.

Here is a link to Our Story from the CSC website.
http://www.canalstreetcutlery.com/ourstory.html

A few people complained about unfinished knives in the beginning, until they understood what CSC was doing.

Please fill me in if I made an error, this is second hand info that I was told and of course, I want to hear all sides. I do enjoy my CSC knives, especially when they made some from D2 steel.

[marcinek]

Thanks Hukk! If the finish on one side thing is historically accurate, then thats more than enough explanation for me!

I am glad to know about it in the first place.

Next knife...a CSC...or maybe I'm getting ahead of myself...I have a Schatt and Morgan coming soon and if I really like it (why wouldn't I), the next knife may be a Schatt and Morgan....of course if those new GEC patterns catch my eye....