The Composite Blade Leek is flat ground (the regular Leeks are hollow ground) - on my sample the blade is rather thick toward the bevel/cutting edge.
Please see review - Kershaw Composite Blade Leek
So I decided to put convexed edge on the blade - by honing away the distinctive transition step/corner between the blade face and the edge bevel.
Please also see - Convexed Edge where I put this edge on a SAK.
I used an EZE Lap fine diamond hone to work the bevel using a rolling motion, but concentrating mainly on getting rid of that step/corner to the edge bevel.
Because the looks is one of the main attractions of this CB Leek - I protected the face of the blade with some Scotch tape - exposing about 1/8" at the edge - that way I can almost lay the blade face flat on the hone without marring the finish.
The edge part of the composite blade is CPM-D2 - and D2 is a hard tool steel I was expecting some hard work - but was very surprised by how quickly I was able to cut in the new convexed bevel.
I was able to feel the burr on the edge - and went to finish the blade on a pair of fine ceramic crock sticks for the final micro bevel edge. The blade certainly felt sharp on slicing paper.
On examining the blade edge under a 30x illuminated microscope I found that I had retained most of the original bevel on one side of the blade, really only removing the step/corner to that bevel - and to my surprise I saw fold-over at some parts of the edge - surprised because D2 is supposed to be pretty crisp when hard, and resists fold-overs.
I worked more on that side of the blade and honed more away - so that under magnification almost all the bevel is now newly honed. Again finishing with crock sticks for the final micro bevel edge - this time under the microscope I did not see any fold-over.
the legend side was where I initially only partially put a convexed edge on the blade leaving some of the original bevel - and perhaps that was some of the reason why there was some fold-over after using the crock sticks.
this is the current state of the edge after I worked more to fully hone the bevel to a convexed one.
this side is neater since it was the easier side for me being right-handed.
Pinching the blade and pulling toward the edge the step/corner to the bevel is now more or less seamless, the transition is now very smooth and I can feel that the bevel is now convex (apple seed shaped cross-section).
The blade now cuts through better having much less resistance at the bevel transition to the face.
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Vincent
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Please see review - Kershaw Composite Blade Leek
So I decided to put convexed edge on the blade - by honing away the distinctive transition step/corner between the blade face and the edge bevel.
Please also see - Convexed Edge where I put this edge on a SAK.
I used an EZE Lap fine diamond hone to work the bevel using a rolling motion, but concentrating mainly on getting rid of that step/corner to the edge bevel.
Because the looks is one of the main attractions of this CB Leek - I protected the face of the blade with some Scotch tape - exposing about 1/8" at the edge - that way I can almost lay the blade face flat on the hone without marring the finish.
The edge part of the composite blade is CPM-D2 - and D2 is a hard tool steel I was expecting some hard work - but was very surprised by how quickly I was able to cut in the new convexed bevel.
I was able to feel the burr on the edge - and went to finish the blade on a pair of fine ceramic crock sticks for the final micro bevel edge. The blade certainly felt sharp on slicing paper.
On examining the blade edge under a 30x illuminated microscope I found that I had retained most of the original bevel on one side of the blade, really only removing the step/corner to that bevel - and to my surprise I saw fold-over at some parts of the edge - surprised because D2 is supposed to be pretty crisp when hard, and resists fold-overs.
I worked more on that side of the blade and honed more away - so that under magnification almost all the bevel is now newly honed. Again finishing with crock sticks for the final micro bevel edge - this time under the microscope I did not see any fold-over.
the legend side was where I initially only partially put a convexed edge on the blade leaving some of the original bevel - and perhaps that was some of the reason why there was some fold-over after using the crock sticks.
this is the current state of the edge after I worked more to fully hone the bevel to a convexed one.
this side is neater since it was the easier side for me being right-handed.
Pinching the blade and pulling toward the edge the step/corner to the bevel is now more or less seamless, the transition is now very smooth and I can feel that the bevel is now convex (apple seed shaped cross-section).
The blade now cuts through better having much less resistance at the bevel transition to the face.
--
Vincent
http://picasaweb.com/UnknownVincent
http://UnknownVincent.Shutterfly.com
http://UnknownVT.Shutterfly.com
http://clik.to/UnknownVincent
