Feel the burr! Finally "got a burr"; now I can't get rid of it!

retzius

retzius

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I got an Edgepro Apex a few weeks ago and it has been a true revelation.:eek:

I finally could "feel the burr" when sharpening and I have great mirror polish edges! But....


My edges look beautiful but are not as sharp as they look. Ironic but I finally "feel the burr" and now I can't get rid of the damn thing... :grumpy:

Any suggestions? I have heard about some burr removing felt but haven't tried it yet.

Thanks!
 
Watch the video, it explains in detail how to remove the burr. In the maintenance, tinkering, and embellishment forum there are dozens of sharpening threads, where this one should have been ;)
 
chromium oxide, apply it to something (cardboard, paper, your jeans, a strop) and lightly drag the edge against it, trailing strokes. that means the opposite direction of a normal cutting stroke, pulling the edge behind the spine.

option 2, use the ceramic rod, very light strokes probably 6 at most.

option 3, run the length of the blade against some wood.

option 4, toss on the 1000 grit stone and increase the angle by ~1-2 degrees and use like you would the ceramic hone.
 
I dont have an apex pro . I have ceramic rods in two grits and set at two different angles. I sharpen the knife , forming the burr, at the shallower angle setting. To remove the burr I place the coarser rods in the steeper angle setting and use very light strokes until the burr is removed. Usually about 8 "very" light strokes per side. Then go back with the fine rods at the lesser angle and touch it back up. Sometimes I have to do it more than once.

Thats how I do it and it works for me.
 
Post sharpening questions in Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment, where I moved this.
 
Sharpen down through the grits (although the numbers get bigger as the grits gets smaller) until the burr is barely noticeable. Then strop (about 2-3 degrees shallower) on some wood backed leather use a polish initially on the strop and then finish off on smooth leather. I find I have trouble stropping hollow ground blades on a wooden backed strop and for those I use the classic straight razor hanging strop.
 
Razorsharp-Travis said:
Have you tried stropping the burr off- Works great.:)

-Travis
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+1 for the strop.

Light passes on your leather belt will do the trick or you can make/buy a strop. Just make sure it's the back of your belt on the exposed leather.
 
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I've been making some progress. Couple things I've learned:
1. it's. Good to re-sharpie the edge after each stone/tape as the angle can change ever so slightly between stones. I was just setting it at the beginning
2. I overdid the first burr. You need a slight burr, not the mongo burr I had
 
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