Ahhh... that's better, thinned out my fat ash.

GregS

GregS

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I have a couple of CG Ash-1's, and they're truly awesome blades. Although I was always a little disappointed with the Ash1's chopping ability. With the exchange the way it is at the moment:rolleyes: I decided to hang on to it and make some modifications...:cool:
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I did a half a$$ job polishing the spine...:yawn: and made the tip a bit more aggressive.
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Anyways... I just got my HF belt sander less than a month ago and a bunch of Lee Valley belts as well. This was my first real attempt at using it, feedback is welcome! positive or negative... Im glad I decided to keep it, with it's zero edge it outchops my squatches now!:eek::cool:
 
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Very nice! :thumbup: What belts did you use on the edge?
 
Iron4045 said:
Very nice! :thumbup: What belts did you use on the edge?
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Thanks man.:D I got the shape I wanted with a 500 grit belt, I fine tuned it with a 1200 grit belt and finished it with a leather belt charged with green buffing compound. I had a little trouble getting both sides of the edge perfectly symmetrical but its close enough, I recently had Ban do some of my knives, that guy has got symmetry out the ying-yang... This thing truly is stupid sharp now. Thanks for asking.
 
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Looks great Greg! Getting symmetry with a coated blade is a little bit more pain in the rear because my method of sharpening tends to eat the coating higher up in the blade. A convex edge looks a whole lot better when blended in with the rest of the satin. It looks like you did a great job :thumbup: I bet it performs a whole lot better now.
 
Looks great to me bro, I need to get brave enough to give that a try...
 
Symmetry out the yin-yang. PUNNY!!!!! (I know you wrote ying-yang, but it's funnier my way.)
 
Everyone that owns a knife should invest the small amount of money in the Harbor Freight 1"x30" belt sander and a box full of Lee Valley belts (don't forget the leather one, and an assortment of buffing compound sticks from Sears).

Practice on some cheap blades. After you get it all figured out, you'll never be happy with anything other than a convex edge again!

The quality of my HF belt sander is poor, but it's done a lot of work and is still going (and squealing like a pig in heat).

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
desmobob said:
Everyone that owns a knife should invest the small amount of money in the Harbor Freight 1"x30" belt sander and a box full of Lee Valley belts (don't forget the leather one, and an assortment of buffing compound sticks from Sears).

Practice on some cheap blades. After you get it all figured out, you'll never be happy with anything other than a convex edge again!

The quality of my HF belt sander is poor, but it's done a lot of work and is still going (and squealing like a pig in heat).

Stay sharp,
desmobob
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Couldn't agree more. With a little practice it is a great little machine to have that saves the time of doing it by hand. Ban pointed out an interesting point with the coating. Greg did it very cleanly :thumbup::cool:. I did my spyderco Chinook the other day and it's almost too sharp.....:D
 
desmobob said:
The quality of my HF belt sander is poor, but it's done a lot of work and is still going (and squealing like a pig in heat).

Stay sharp,
desmobob
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Yeah its a noisey turd,:foot: but it gets the job done for $40.00!!!!!:eek:
 
Great thread!

Nice looking ASH. :thumbup:
 
Which belt sander is the one you guys recomend? Please provide a link or description.

Thanks,

Lee
 
Very nice job!! :thumbup: :cool:

On a related note...has anyone ever taken the butt off the ASH (okay...that's wierd) to get around the pinkie pinch and make it a better chopper? I would be curious in seeing some pictures of that.
 
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