Frustration with my Barkie

theonew

theonew

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First I have a confession. I don't fully convex sharpen my Aurora but rather put a 12 -14 degree per side V grind on the final edge, works great for me :thumbup: But I do strop the entire side of the primary bevel regularly in order to help maintain the overall perfect geometry of the knife. But every time I give it a good stropping most of the blemishes on the blade disappear, from the patina even down to any light surface scratches. What I'm left with is a knife that looks new or barely used. This is not good, if I were to run into someone like say Pitdog ;):D on a hike and show him my Barkie, he would surely dismiss me as someone who never uses it. But I do use it I swear, not just in the woods but around the house as well. Maybe I should pick up some of those fake translucent bullet hole stickers and paste them on the blade or should I send it back to Mike Stewart and ask him for a "that's a freakin' ugly lookin' knife" type of finish?

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Listen closely, you must send this knife to me ASAP before pitdog finds you! I guarantee a "freakin' ugly" knife will return to you. :D
 
Wow, two offers to help in under 10 minutes.:thumbup: Gotta love the generous folks around here :D
 
haha that's the beauty of a full convex if you sharpen it that way-it keeps on making itself look good.

i figure if you are sharpening V-style, you are probably fine stropping the same style, as the strop isn't doing enough to maintain the full convex, just polish off the patina and marks.

i usually strop at high grit papers to just hit the edge, by laying the knife flat and then raising it a few degrees. this polishes it towards the edge but leaves plenty of scuz on most of the blade...
 
LMAO, try being a maker, your knives always end up looking unused. Everytime I resharpen on the belt grinder, all the character of the blade disappears.
Scott
 
You can send it to Bark River and they will sharpen your knife. They can also direct you to a convex tutorial.
 
siguy said:
you are probably fine stropping the same style, as the strop isn't doing enough to maintain the full convex, just polish off the patina and marks.
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I strop pretty hard with the green compound and it looks black when I'm done, but yeah I do think I will work the primary grind with some high grit paper after a few more v-grind sharpenings.
 
I used my Bravo-1 so much (pics to prove it;)), that the "bark river" stamp has almost worn away completely. But the rest of it looks so new! What if someone accuses me of owning a bark river knock off? :eek::D
 
Nice looking Aurora. If its new look really begins to get to you let me know, I'll send you my address.
 
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