I wish there was a home test for Rockwell hardness. It would appear that in my attempt to eliminate the secondary bevel on the Puukko, I've removed all the diamond from my center EZELap credit card stone.

I didn't want to buy a bench stone but these small pocket stones aren't cutting it for major work like this. I have 2 small DMT stones too. They're holding up much better but are too small for anything more than touch ups. I've already stabbed my thumb by accident LOL.

The steel is also the least stainless I've ever seen. Just while running is across a diamond stone for a little while, the blade rusted a little. I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.