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Ken, I won't be surprised when you make a blade so thin that you can see through it. 
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Ken, I won't be surprised when you make a blade so thin that you can see through it.
I am working on that
You know, I am sort of a "polar" type of guy. For slicers, I want crazy thin slicers that perform that single purpose. But that is not to say that I do not get a kick out of stupid-thick sharpened sections of railroad tracks that chop golf balls and could baton through car parts. These knives are VERY different beasts however and I do not want them on the same hip.
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that is some amazing work
keep it up
keep it up
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Man, wow, just wow, that is probably the best file work i have ever seen, and to have just eyeballed it, i am blown away.
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Thanks guys.
I find that working on knives occupies the time that I would otherwise be using to spend money on knives
The polishing was sort of done in 2 phases. The preliminary grinding I did on the blade to thin it down by 0.5 mm was done almost a year ago on DMT plates. I polished it at that time with DMTs also, but the result was not pretty (I was really just going for a thinner blade and then took out the heavy scratches to make it slice better than it would with a rough finish.
More recently I revisited the job and used wet dry sandpaper and thinned the blade a little more, and worked a little harder toward making the blade faces suitable for showing off....and really that is about the only reason anyone would ever want to polish VG-10. It looks swell, but it scratched up the first time I used it. I have no regrets...I knew it would get scratched up before I started polishing.
ZDP-189 on the other hand (and for how I use the knife) holds the polish much better (You have probably seen that Stretch I have flogged all over the forums). None of my knives are show pieces (all users) but I like them to look nice. ZDP seems to do both well. VG-10 still remains my favorite all around EDC steel though.
I find that working on knives occupies the time that I would otherwise be using to spend money on knives
The polishing was sort of done in 2 phases. The preliminary grinding I did on the blade to thin it down by 0.5 mm was done almost a year ago on DMT plates. I polished it at that time with DMTs also, but the result was not pretty (I was really just going for a thinner blade and then took out the heavy scratches to make it slice better than it would with a rough finish.
More recently I revisited the job and used wet dry sandpaper and thinned the blade a little more, and worked a little harder toward making the blade faces suitable for showing off....and really that is about the only reason anyone would ever want to polish VG-10. It looks swell, but it scratched up the first time I used it. I have no regrets...I knew it would get scratched up before I started polishing.
ZDP-189 on the other hand (and for how I use the knife) holds the polish much better (You have probably seen that Stretch I have flogged all over the forums). None of my knives are show pieces (all users) but I like them to look nice. ZDP seems to do both well. VG-10 still remains my favorite all around EDC steel though.
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Very nice job!
JD
JD