buzzard767
Sous Chef
Which brings me to the question, directly after use I cleaned the knife, then went directly to the steel. It almost seems to have dulled the edge. Discussted, put it in the block and, to my surprise the next day, it is razor sharp. How'd that happen?
Seeing as how steel cannot sharpen itself I can only imagine one scenario. You most likely steeled at too high an angle and pushed the edge well to the side. It's easy to do and the edge will be dull. In the process of inserting and/or extracting the knife from the block you probably accidentally pushed the edge back into alignment.
Buzz