Cardboard Wheel Sharpening ?

[armilite]

Hi Guys,
I've been forced to stray from my usual form for lack of information !
I am usually cruising The Tool shed. Does anyone here have any info on cardboard wheel sharpening, their opinion, how it's done, quality of the edge, and ease of the process.
All replies are met with many thanks,

armilite

 

[johnny reb]

I had someone at a knife show sharpen my knife on a cardboard wheel. It put a nice polished edge on it. Some times when I am finished sharpening my knife, I will use a piece of carboard to polish the edge.

 

[Ben Dover]

I had someone at a knife show sharpen my knife on a cardboard wheel. It put a nice polished edge on it. Some times when I am finished sharpening my knife, I will use a piece of carboard to polish the edge.

I recently purchased a belt sander, and found a benchgrinder with 8 inch cardboard wheels at a garage sale while waiting fot the sander to arrive in the mail!

I've tried the cardboard wheels with white rouge on several kitchen knives that were already fairly sharp, and the rouge polished and stropped the edges beautifully. I haven't decided what grit to use on the other wheel. It appears to have 220 or 320 already on it, and a grit that course scares the bejesus out of me on a high speed grinder. I may try some HandAmerican 6 micron paste as my "course" grit, and .5 micron CrO as my "fine" grit.

At any rate, it works, and it's pretty easy to learn how to use. When I get comfortable with the belt sander, I'll compare them side by side.

I just have a feeling that both will be pretty much equal, and much faster and less work than a stone or Sharpmaker. But I'm not certain of that just yet.:jerkit:

 

[Native Justice]

Be careful, I've heard rumors of the cardboard disks self destructing while in use.

NJ

 

[george tichbourne]

I have been using one for the last 10 years in the shop to strop edges that have been sharpened on a worn 180 belt and it works just great. Every knife that I sharpen is done on that wheel.

 

[kamkazmoto]

Richard_J uses one and swears by it.

 

[richard j]

the wheels will not fly apart. i have a set that is at least 16 years old that are the origonal wheels, not the knockoff white paper ones. i have ran them as fast as 10.000 rpm with no problem. stevebot, a member here sells the same wheels and gives forum members a discount. http://users.ameritech.net/knives/paper-resell.htm

 

[Cougar Allen]

 

[markhait]

Richard J has 2 or 3 videos that show you how easy it is. I watched them, talked to him a few times on the phone and I have to say that I'm not bad at it.
It will leave you a beautiful sharpened edge that will glisten! And no, the cardboard will not fall apart and impale you There is a definite feel you must get. A few times I wanted to chuck the whole thing out the window, but with some encouragement from Richard J and a little more practice I'm improving.