Could you wear a Busse out?

Murman

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I'm thinking with normal sharpening and use a big blade will out live the user. I've seen some intentional destruction but I don't thing that, used for cutting, you could wear one out. What say you? Pictures of your worn blades please.
 
most people couldnt wear out a poorly heat treated 1095 blade.


Give me enough time and i could break anything lol.
 
Lol yeah I said a couple weeks ago that I used my Randall on a water melon and zombie is razzin me about it.
 
That depends on who's sharpening the blades. There's one or two magicians around these parts that loose about quarter inch of blade width to reprofile the edge...
 
what is happening when you use a busse and ceramic rod stroping doesn't return it to sharp?
 
Murman said:
what is happening when you use a busse and ceramic rod stroping doesn't return it to sharp?
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I would guess the sharpening angle is not quite right and the rod is not contacting the very tip of the edge, especially if the sides of the edge are slightly rounded (like with a convex edge). With free hand sharpening a v-edge can become slightly convex with inconsistent sharpening angles. So in other words, the rod could be removing some metal on the sides of the edge but not at the very edge itself, and therefore you would not see much improvement in sharpness.

Try using a magnifying glass to inspect the edge to get a better idea of where the metal is being removed. You can also color the edge black with a marker, sharpen it a little, and then inspect the edge to see where the metal is being removed - this will help show if your edge is flat or somewhat rounded, and if the angle is correct or not.
 
Murman said:
what is happening when you use a busse and ceramic rod stroping doesn't return it to sharp?
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That knife has obviously seen its last days. Once the "best by" date has passed, it's only a matter of time before you just have to throw it out.
 
I convex my edges. When it is no longer hair-popping sharp, I use a leather belt with compound. When that no longer works, I use a 1000 grit belt, then leather.
 
All I manged to do was wear off some coating, and roll the edge. Little 800 grit action and back at it...
Chopped food, an evil looking nutcracker, and cut a wood frame chair to small enough bits to fit in a trash can.
Stripped her and she looks marvelous!
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Going strong for years. Been drinking. :confused:
 

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Used my Moabolo to cut a 14ft couch into 5 large pieces so that we could remove it from the basement a couple of weeks ago... Darned if I didn't have to use a leather strop to touch her up a bit afterwards--for a second she was almost dull... almost.
 
Last year I gave a buddy of mine a MBC cause I know he would go hard on it, earlier this year he snapped about half inch of the tip clean off by trying to pry a trailor hitch apart!! I was like damn Dave you really do use a knife for everything!
 
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