"Sierra fisher" wrote in message
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I know just enough about hooks to be dangerous. However I also "know"
some


Chemical sharpening is done by dipping the hooks in an acid bath.

Stainless steel is difficult to sharpen, ( very difficult to chemically
sharpen, as many stainless steels are of course acid resistant), and,
depending on the steel used ( which of course is an alloy), will also not
take or hold an edge easily. There are also other problems in tempering
stainless steels.

When re-sharpening hooks, it is immaterial how they were originally
sharpened. This has no effect on the edge they can take.

Lastly, the chemical sharpening is usually the last process, the hooks are
of course ground sharp beforehand.

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MC