Cut a block to sharpen like nozh2002...

[mqqn]

Hi folks -

I watched Vasilli's videos on sharpening, which spurred me to make a 15 degree angle honing block like he uses.

That has worked - although I am just short of whittling hair with it, I was able to get a "Super Chef" Taiwan made stainless steak knife "shaving sharp".

This is my practice knife, and now that I think I can get a good 30 degree edge using Vasilli's block method, now I will shoot for some whittling...

I made the block from a piece of 2x4 - I laid out a 15 degree angle with a protractor and then cut the block with a skill-saw.

This made two blocks - which I was going to glue/screw together, but the single block has been working out fine.

Here are a couple of pics -

Obviously, you need a tad bit of good Tennessee Whiskey to get a decent edge ...

Thanks nozh2002 and the rest of you for all the info I have read here.

best regards -

mqqn

 

[KuRUpTD]

what videos are you referring to ?

 

[on_the_edge]

Did you mod the blade on that SAK??? I don't think I've ever seen an SAK with a wharncliffe blade before.

 

[mqqn]

what videos are you referring to ?

Hi KuRUpTD -

Here is the first one - there are 14 I think -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TscN9h-1xQ

on_the_edge - That is my long time edc Vic Waiter - I have sharpened that down over the years - I have bastardized it with my improper sharpening technique, which I am working to improve upon.


best regards -

mqqn