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With all cutting operations involving concrete, bricks or stone, there is a real danger of injury from flying scalpings. ALWAYS wear protective goggles/glasses, and when cutting with a power saw wear a dust mask and use water suppression. Power saws are lethal in the wrong hands.
Scandi knives don't need it. A flat or hollow grind can be sharpened on a stone with the same ease, but it requires more careful attention to holding a consistent angle since the edge bevel isn't as wide as a scandi and is harder to see with the naked eye.f field maintenance is of any concern at all, scandi is hands down the best grind. There is nothing easier than a knife that has its own angle guide built right in. You lay the bevel on a flat stone (which will last you decades longer than a sheet of sandpaper) and push.