Am I sharpening wrong

Not sure I'm seeing anything wrong either; looks decent to me. In the pic, the tip appears to lose some detail in the lighting, if the issue is there. What part of the edge should we be looking at?


David
 
No just the way the grind goes like up and down at the tip or will this not effect anything?
 
Honestly nothing looks, out of the ordinary this is how my benchmade looks after sharpening...

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Hustle US said:
No just the way the grind goes like up and down at the tip or will this not effect anything?
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If you're referring to the direction of the grind lines, i.e., the scratch orientation made on the bevels near the tip, I'd not worry about that. To me, it looks like you're sweeping the belly & tip down the length of your stone, with the tip 'following' behind the rest of the edge. For me anyway, that's essentially normal (or typical), and will orient the scratches more or less parallel or diagonal to the cutting edge in that portion, whereas in the rearward parts of the cutting edge (aft of the belly, and the heel), the scratches are oriented more perpendicular to the cutting edge. That scratch orientation is much more typical on upswept-tip blades, as that profile makes it almost automatic when sharpening as most would do on a stone, i.e., with the tip following the rest of the edge. So long as you fully apex the edge along it's full length, you'll likely never notice any difference in cutting.

Some of the sharpening maniacs here ( ;) ) will try to orient the blade on the stone to produce scratches at a specific angle, i.e., set the 'rake angle' to the edge. I think, at coarser grit finishes anyway, it can change the aggressiveness of a slicing cut to suit a particular task or cutting style, to the user's preference. A discussion of this is in the thread linked below. But, if the edge is fully apexed, most will never notice it or even care, most likely. It'll still be plenty sharp. :)

http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/scratch-pattern-angles.1401296/


David
 
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All I see is the need to work the fine stone a bit more. I see large scratch marks from previous stones and incomplete scratch patterns near the edge which is likely kicking up excessive burr. It would help your sharpness a lot by correcting that.
 
Edge looks kind of chippy and not fully apexed in some areas. Also, near the sharpening choil the edge looks dented/rolled. Your bevel widens out a bit towards the tip, and you have slightly rounded off the actual point. Your sharpening strokes in the belly and near the tip look to be close to parallel to the edge rather than perpendicular or at a 45 degree angle.

So yes, there are certainly areas for improvement.
 
jc57 said:
Edge looks kind of chippy and not fully apexed in some areas. Also, near the sharpening choil the edge looks dented/rolled. Your bevel widens out a bit towards the tip, and you have slightly rounded off the actual point. Your sharpening strokes in the belly and near the tip look to be close to parallel to the edge rather than perpendicular or at a 45 degree angle.

So yes, there are certainly areas for improvement.
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Any tips?
 
jc57 said:
Edge looks kind of chippy and not fully apexed in some areas. Also, near the sharpening choil the edge looks dented/rolled. Your bevel widens out a bit towards the tip, and you have slightly rounded off the actual point. Your sharpening strokes in the belly and near the tip look to be close to parallel to the edge rather than perpendicular or at a 45 degree angle.
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I like much of this. When working the point I'd work slow and give the handle more lift. Isolate a 1/4" area as you work from the belly to the tip. It's easy to round a tip. Reshape the point and go back and work the edge slowly. Be sure your stone is flat as you work the choil area. Work a consistent angle, keeping your finger tips pressed at the edge bevel. DM
 
Your sharpened edge looks a little broad. Maybe to shallow of an angle. Also looks like you ran the tip off the stone or the stone off the tip depending your sharpening method. This will cause a lose of the point of the blade. Dont sharpen passed the tip, you should end your stroke with the tip still on the stone.
 
Thank you all for your tips and yes I ran the tip off multiple times and the Grit I finished on I'm not quite sure of been kinda bouncing back and forth between methods I have a coarse and fine pocket dmt sharpeners and I just got a worksharp feild sharpener with a coarse and fine and a ceramic and a strop so I'm kinda trying to find my angles as well as the type of stone I like the best I also just recently got a smiths tri stone and it has three grits but every stone has a small lip around the outside very disappointing.
 
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