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Ok, I'm closer. The edge photo is of a section of the s90v blade sharpened to 600 grit. It's showing some refinement. And some deeper troughs are showing at right. Left from the coarse stone. I put a micro bevel on it. This is the level I'll use
it processing cornish today. They are at nine weeks and many weigh 9 lbs.. Which nets 7 lbs. going to the freezer. I did 4 this morning and will do more as it cools this afternoon. This s90v steel is producing good results. I'll let you know where it loses that keen edge and morphs into the vanadium holding edge. Thanks for the photos jb. DM
 
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Ok, I processed 3 more this evening. I could have done one more and I had it in my hands but my wife wanted me to help her with some other items. So, we called it good at 7 in the freezer. I started noticing this s90v began losing it's keen edge at 6 for certain on the 7th one. It will hold this edge type edge until it gives it up, likely 8-10 more. In that area. The handle sticks to my hand very well during all this. DM
 
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After some checking I found there is a good amount of burrs / rolled on the cutting edge. I'm thinking I should correct this before I continue with the test.
Any comments on this? DM
 
Last night I stropped the ole blue 110. Which did improve the edge but 3--1/2" rolled spots remained. By examining it using 8X headset. I have not been using this knife to push cut bones. Only to cut flesh.
So, I got out my extra fine diamond stone and worked those spots out. It took 40 mins. of careful work to get them out. Now, the edge is burr free. We have 14 meat birds left. More than enough to give it a good test. DM
 
David Martin said:
Last night I stropped the ole blue 110. Which did improve the edge but 3--1/2" rolled spots remained. By examining it using 8X headset. I have not been using this knife to push cut bones. Only to cut flesh.
So, I got out my extra fine diamond stone and worked those spots out. It took 40 mins. of careful work to get them out. Now, the edge is burr free. We have 14 meat birds left. More than enough to give it a good test. DM
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due to factory sharpened on a sander....maybe some weaker steel from sanding heat...........or have you already reprofiled to get to the raw better steel prior this cutting task Sir?

seeing how the hatchet had the same...... makes me think what i guessed at above has no bearing. thank you.
 
I have not reprofiled this blade just touched it up a couple times. But this cutting sure caused some damage. Some worked weaken steel could have been exposed during this work. The hatchet got a harder workout. So, I can understand it's rolling. It was not much maybe 1" and
it is sharpened different. Not drawing conclusions just posting what I'm finding. Thanks, DM
 
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David Martin said:
I was thinking they were Mohair goats. Thanks, DM
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David, the mohair goat look a bit different.

Haebbie

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Haebbie, no you're in the right thread. Nice goats!!! I was going to ask you how do you keep them from escaping then I saw your last picture I can see the several strands of barb wire... We use to use forked limbs from a tree and tie them on the neck of the worse instigators for escaping... We usually had woven wire or hog wire for fencing... Used the goats to help lead the sheep when we needed to move them and to eat the thistles...

DM, what did you do to your print size? It's almost too small to read...
 
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Haebbie said:
Did I enter the wrong thread?

Haebbie
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no Sir. youre in the farm thread. we were just discussing the s90v 110 "ole blue" on chicken processing and burrs.

appreciate the pics. didnt know much about goats except they seem to eat clear anything they can reach.:)
 
sassafrassdogs3 said:
Haebbie, no you're in the right thread. Nice goats!!! I was going to ask you how do you keep them from escaping then I saw your last picture I can see the several strands of barb wire... We use to use forked limbs from a tree and tie them on the neck of the worse instigators for escaping... We usually had woven wire or hog wire for fencing... Used the goats to help lead the sheep when we needed to move them and to eat the thistles.
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No, Sassa, we don't use barb wire. The lady picture is borrowed. We use electric fences and the goats don't escape. But they do it at once if the batteries are empty and nobody realizes. Yes, it makes sense to put a few number of goats to the sheep. The goats always eat what the sheep don't.

Haebbie

No electricity on the fence now. The two days old lamb doesn't escape with or without high voltage.
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jbmonkey said:
no Sir. youre in the farm thread. we were just discussing the s90v 110 "ole blue" on chicken processing and burrs.

appreciate the pics. didnt know much about goats except they seem to eat clear anything they can reach.:)
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We get money for putting our sheep and goats on unused Greenland to graze. And the animals do their job best if there are some goats in the sheep flock because the goats eat what sheep never touch.

Haebbie
 
sass, I changed the font size. It will switch back next time I log in. IF you need the bigger size I can go with it? DM
 
That's weird it changes? I don't want to put you to any trouble, but it seems like it changes in the middle of a sentence?

It looks like lawyer typing...Ha!Ha!

My 58 year old eyes aren't what they use to be...Ha!Ha!
 
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