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I recenty had back surgery, which had prevented me from being able to backbevel my favorite folder, my hawkbilled Spyderco Superhawk. Luckily I read about RichardJ and his paper sharpening wheels, and decided to give him a try. I let him know I wanted a thin backbevel around 10 degrees per side, so I could easily touch up my Superhawk at 15 degrees per side on my Sharpmaker. I shipped the box off Monday and before I even knew the box had been delivered Richard called me to let me know my knife was already done! I couldn't believe how fast his service was, or how great he was with sharing his knowledge with me about his paper wheel sharpening technique. Now that I have a bad back I will definately be looking into getting a paper wheel set up to save my back from hunching over the stones for hours on end. I found out that the supplier of the best quality wheels lives very close to me, and when my back is better I can drive up to buy the wheels and the supplier of the wheels will even show me how to use them. It is great that Richard is so great with sharing of his knowledge and put in a word for me with the supplier.
Back to the sharpening. I got my knife back as fast as the Postal service delivers, and it was sharper than a factory Spyderco Dragonfly that I have. It popped hairs, caught hair above the skin, and even shaved some fine hairs on the front of my forearm that the Spyderco couldn't. It was pretty close to Tom Krein sharp, all from a 240 grit wheel. The bevel was also beautifully done, it looked like it came from the factory that way. I got to cutting lots of boxes into tiny shreds, and the knife was still cutting strong when I decided to see how it would sharpen now on the Sharpmaker at 15 degrees (it had to be done at 20 degrees before to get it to hit the edge, as the factory edge was much thicker). I watched under my microscope as each successive grit from medium through ultrafine, then 1 micron and .3 micron lapping film (PSA backed, it just sticks to the rods) brought out a tiny polished micrbevel on the nice and thin backbevel Richard had put on the knife. At this point the knife was whittling hair at unbelievable levels. Even my daughter's super fine hair that had dreid out for a couple days on one of her brushes just peeled off into the tiniest of curls. I am still thrilled at that.
I couldn't be more pleased with Richard's sharpening job, It was EXACTLY what I wanted and super sharp. I can't believe for only THREE DOLLARS he provided me a complete rebevel to better than Spyderco sharpness on a hawkbill. I can't recommend Richard or his paper wheels enough, to do what he did in under 2 minutes to my knife is unreal. If you ever need sharpening done that you can't do yourself get ahold of RichardJ.
Mike
Back to the sharpening. I got my knife back as fast as the Postal service delivers, and it was sharper than a factory Spyderco Dragonfly that I have. It popped hairs, caught hair above the skin, and even shaved some fine hairs on the front of my forearm that the Spyderco couldn't. It was pretty close to Tom Krein sharp, all from a 240 grit wheel. The bevel was also beautifully done, it looked like it came from the factory that way. I got to cutting lots of boxes into tiny shreds, and the knife was still cutting strong when I decided to see how it would sharpen now on the Sharpmaker at 15 degrees (it had to be done at 20 degrees before to get it to hit the edge, as the factory edge was much thicker). I watched under my microscope as each successive grit from medium through ultrafine, then 1 micron and .3 micron lapping film (PSA backed, it just sticks to the rods) brought out a tiny polished micrbevel on the nice and thin backbevel Richard had put on the knife. At this point the knife was whittling hair at unbelievable levels. Even my daughter's super fine hair that had dreid out for a couple days on one of her brushes just peeled off into the tiniest of curls. I am still thrilled at that.
I couldn't be more pleased with Richard's sharpening job, It was EXACTLY what I wanted and super sharp. I can't believe for only THREE DOLLARS he provided me a complete rebevel to better than Spyderco sharpness on a hawkbill. I can't recommend Richard or his paper wheels enough, to do what he did in under 2 minutes to my knife is unreal. If you ever need sharpening done that you can't do yourself get ahold of RichardJ.
Mike
