I'm so tired of staples and whatever, chipping the steel knives I use! I have 7 sets of knives right now, all dulled and nicked. I mainly plane down rough sawn clear wr cedar and sometimes redwood. We carefully examine each board and run a hand held metal detector over everything, and within the first few passes I have nicks!! Probably when the tarps get ripped off the staples break off and the little legs remain buried in the wood.
I've read that carbide knives aren't as sharp as HS steel and not good for softwoods, is this true? Will the little legs nick the carbide?