Can't get L6 sharp?

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Hey folks, I just received my Svord Peasant, which is supposed to be in L6, and set about reprofiling it to 30 degrees inclusive on my sharpmaker. I used sandpaper attached to the rods and worked till the rust spots on the tip of the edge were gone and a large burr was raised on both sides, then polished with gradually increasing grit until the spyderco ultrafine rods.

But the knife can't push cut for nuts. It won't cut cardboard, it won't even cut paper. Any idea what could be wrong?
 
try putting sharpie on the bevel and resharpen, the stones will take off the parts your hitting and reveal what you might not
 
I have a peasant knife also, luckily I have a belt sander, I was able to put a razor convex edge on it. Unfortunatly it seems that the steel is to soft, a few slices on anything and it loses it sharpness pretty quickly :(
 
Lay that blade almost flat to a stone and remove some steel. If you don't have a stone use wet/dry sandpaper. I take it that this is a new knife. Thin the primary edge out until it cuts well then go to your secondary edge. It may take a little time and you may need to do this in a couple of sessions.
As far as the Sharpmaker goes it is good to maintain a sharp edge and that is about it unless you have a lot of time on your hands.
 
If it's any consolation I struggled with the Svord Peasant. I also have a Svord 320BB which came with a proper convex grind which I have been careful to maintain using the mousemat method, it gets and keeps a fantastic edge now. I think the Peasant is cheaply produced meaning you may have to re-profile the edge (something I have in my mind to do with mine when I can be arsed!). Looking at mine it will need some work to thin out and reduce the shoulder, once done all should be nice:)

Sam
 
L6 is one of the easiest steels to get sharp-I put a full convex on my peasant and buffed out the microbevel. It takes about two passes on a hardstone to get it shaving again. Maybe it's the sharpmaker? Or maybe you got a lemon and the heat treat is wonky.
 
Finally got it cutting. Turns out there was a burr I couldn't remove with the sharpmaker for some reason, and I may have used too much force when I stropped it the first time round. This is the first knife I've actually had to strop to get cutting, my others hardly form a burr on the sharpmaker at all.
 
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