Fallkniven F-1 question

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plentyfish

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I was using my Fallknicen F-1 VG-10 satin blade over the weekend at home, preparing some scallops and cutting meat. I seem to have lost the first mm or so of the tip.

What do i need to get a nice tip back? I have a Sharpmaker. How useful would this be? I have ready access to Naniwa stones, but will need some advice on which grit to purchase for this and other general sharpening use.

Also, after i cleaned the blade, i noticed dark spots appearing on the blade, what looks like rust. Any suggestions on what i should do to maintain the steal?

Thanks alot.
 
Fallknivens are convex ground so your best bet on tuning it up is a mousepad and some sandpaper. There are lots of threads here on convex sharpening but I'm happy to walk you through the process if you'd like.

The 420J2 is extremely stain resistant and the VG-10 seems to do a really good job of resisting stains too. Not sure what would cause black spots but they'll go away with the sharpening anyway. :)

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Personally my preference when I lose the tip of the knife is to take the tip to a coarse stone (even one in your backyard) and grind the spine down until the newly ground spine meets the tip. This is a heck of a lot easier than grinding down the tip to meet the spine and making the tip nice and sharp again.
 
Thanks. I managed to find some nice videos on the subject. I got myself some 400 and 600 sandpaper and will work on this soon. Any other pointers for a first timer trying to sharpen a convex edge, especially on how best to get a nice tip back onto my F1?

Should i expect the satin finish to become more of a matte finish once im done sharpening the knife?

Thanks again.
 
Use very little pressure on the blade. Let the sandpaper do the work.

When removing stock, i.e. reshaping a tip or re-profiling, it is going to take a fair amount of time and hundreds of strokes to remove material and reshape the blade.

Once the blade is shaped and sharp, it usually takes only a few passes on each grit to re-sharpen.

The finish on the blade will depend on how fine of grit you go to. 400-600 followed by a strop will give you a nice polish. If you want to, you can go all the way to 12,000 grit micro mesh and get pretty much a mirror finish, but that is a lot of extra work.

Kevin
 
Finally mamaged to get a nice soft mouse pad (and not one of those new thin plastic ones) and i try this out over the weekend.

Thanks for all the help.

This is great (and expensive) place to hang out!
 
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