Fixed blades

shinyedges said:
Bro.. fall down the rabbit hole of sharpening. Get a kme if you want a guided system or dmt stones if you can freehand well. I use both, I also have an edge pro apex 4 but don't use it. For the blades that need a lot of steel removed I'll use the kme. I used to sharpen for mirror edges hence the name, but I use my knives way to much for that.
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I have a few "diamond" in-home sharpening methods available to me.

...and still can't achieve the results of Chris and his "Tormek" wheel.


Maybe I need to look at some of the KME stuff.
 
Alone said:
I have a few "diamond" in-home sharpening methods available to me.

...and still can't achieve the results of Chris and his "Tormek" wheel.


Maybe I need to look at the KME stuff.
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KME sharpening systems are excellent tools. I know you have a lot of blades with thick stock and edges longer that 4 inches though ( same with me ). The only issue I had with the KME was limitation on stock thickness of the knives I need sharpened - 5/32 is ok, 3/16 is pushing it, .20 ish is possibly possible and beyond that - NOPE. shinyedges shinyedges mentioned using diamond bench stones in conjunction with the KME - YEP 👍. I’ll do the heavy lifting of a re profile with 50 to 100 - 225 grit KME stones and move onto freehand bench stones thereafter. In my experience you usually only need to really sharpen a knife once , then it’s just maintenance thereafter ( unless you do dumb shit like me and chip something ).

KME is great , check out the worksharp precision system too ( the metal one ).
 
Alone said:
I have a few "diamond" in-home sharpening methods available to me.

...and still can't achieve the results of Chris and his "Tormek" wheel.


Maybe I need to look at some of the KME stuff.
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I like the kme a lot, I've gone through a bunch of sharpening methods/systems. I got rid of most of them except the kme, sharpmaker, edge pro and the dmt stones/water stones.

I will say it is time consuming to make perfect edges. I've abandoned perfect mirror like edges for the most part because when it gets dull I resharpen on the dmt and then the edge gets scratched up anyway. So long as it can easily shave hair I'm good with it.
 
luethge said:
KME sharpening systems are excellent tools. I know you have a lot of blades with thick stock and edges longer that 4 inches though ( same with me ). The only issue I had with the KME was limitation on stock thickness of the knives I need sharpened - 5/32 is ok, 3/16 is pushing it, .20 ish is possibly possible and beyond that - NOPE. shinyedges shinyedges mentioned using diamond bench stones in conjunction with the KME - YEP 👍. I’ll do the heavy lifting of a re profile with 50 to 100 - 225 grit KME stones and move onto freehand bench stones thereafter. In my experience you usually only need to really sharpen a knife once , then it’s just maintenance thereafter ( unless you do dumb shit like me and chip something ).

KME is great , check out the worksharp precision system too ( the metal one ).
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Solid info here. I've done .2 on the kme without any issue but haven't tried thicker. I wonder if they revised it at some point, I'll try a thicker blade tomorrow and see.
 
luethge said:
KME sharpening systems are excellent tools. I know you have a lot of blades with thick stock and edges longer that 4 inches though ( same with me ). The only issue I had with the KME was limitation on stock thickness of the knives I need sharpened - 5/32 is ok, 3/16 is pushing it, .20 ish is possibly possible and beyond that - NOPE. shinyedges shinyedges mentioned using diamond bench stones in conjunction with the KME - YEP 👍. I’ll do the heavy lifting of a re profile with 50 to 100 - 225 grit KME stones and move onto freehand bench stones thereafter. In my experience you usually only need to really sharpen a knife once , then it’s just maintenance thereafter ( unless you do dumb shit like me and chip something ).

KME is great , check out the worksharp precision system too ( the metal one ).
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Bruh.

Whether "carbon" or "tool" steel, you know that I like my gals THICC...



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With that, I'm a bit scared of "motorized" sharpeners. :confused:
 
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Mighty fine to see a couple of MMHW'S👍
 
Older half of my growing WTG collection. I can't really think of a better value that also has so many cool designs and workmanship.

I allways thought that unboxing and "accessories" were kind of dumb and pointless. But now I think that was just because I was so use to TOPS putting zero effort into anything except to the knife itself. Like really a plastic bag and a rapes whistle? I guess somebody buying a reverse recurve dagger with a saw spine, karambit ring, bow drill divot, and day glow yellow liners probably does actually need a rape whistle.

I love my TOPS, but man to they make a ton of dumb s#it. A micro ElChete? Stupid...

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sledbot said:
Older half of my growing WTG collection. I can't really think of a better value that also has so many cool designs and workmanship.

I allways thought that unboxing and "accessories" were kind of dumb and pointless. But now I think that was just because I was so use to TOPS putting zero effort into anything except to the knife itself. Like really a plastic bag and a rapes whistle? I guess somebody buying a reverse recurve dagger with a saw spine, karambit ring, bow drill divot, and day glow yellow liners probably does actually need a rape whistle.

I love my TOPS, but man to they make a ton of dumb s#it. A micro ElChete? Stupid...

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Can I ask what model is on the far right ? The Recurve monster.. those are all bad ass.
 
sledbot said:
Older half of my growing WTG collection. I can't really think of a better value that also has so many cool designs and workmanship.

I allways thought that unboxing and "accessories" were kind of dumb and pointless. But now I think that was just because I was so use to TOPS putting zero effort into anything except to the knife itself. Like really a plastic bag and a rapes whistle? I guess somebody buying a reverse recurve dagger with a saw spine, karambit ring, bow drill divot, and day glow yellow liners probably does actually need a rape whistle.

I love my TOPS, but man to they make a ton of dumb s#it. A micro ElChete? Stupid...

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I have a OP7 and a Cuma Kage … the whistle is a weird one. Also coming with useable Kydex is huge if you are used to Busse where you get a piece of cardboard. Kydex costs another $60-$200. The Operator 7 would be better if it was not a recurve.

I almost traded for a WTG a few times. I will try one someday. I resisted trying a BRK forever and have a few now. Still resisting trying a Randall... one of those brands that sounds more like a religion, hahah. No Winklers either :(
 
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