Getting a knife ready for turkey day (repairing carbide V damage)

Magnaminous_G

Magnaminous_G

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Tuned up a Henckel’s Friodur utility knife today. The owner called it his “carving knife” and asked me to sharpen it overnight for him because he needs it on Thursday to cut his Thanksgiving bird. I obliged. As you can see at the beginning of the vid, the edge was horribly damaged by a carbide V “sharpener.”

Grit progression:
Shapton GS 120
Shapton GS 500
Arashiyama 1000

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I enjoyed that, though I must admit I FF'ed through a bunch of it after you finished on the first stone. I was hoping to see the edge after you were done with the first stone, to see the difference in finish and see the repair "in progress". I like that you narrated a bit in this one; I thought that made it more interesting.

Ideally, I'd like to see what you see as you go along. When you got the tip pointy again, or when it was beginning to get there, I'd like to see it. I don't know how practical it is; just telling you what I'm looking for.

Thanks for the time and effort.

Brian.
 
hmmm. alright. :) Next vid, I'll incorporate your suggestions. I certainly want the vids to be as entertaining and useful as I can make them.
 
I probably should have said how much I appreciate these kinds of videos. I know literally no one in real life that is as interested in sharpening as I am and no one that I can learn from or trade techniques with. Videos are the next best thing. Plus this forum is an AMAZING resource! I love reading here and sharing what little I know.

With that out of the way, I have one more suggestion: Cut tests. I'm always looking for the cut test to show progress. Showing the edge is very good. Showing how the edge cuts is very good too. It might be extremely interesting to see and *hear* how blades cut your material of choice (seems to be newspaper) after each stone, as a gauge of how refined the edge is.

This might be kind of a pain though, as it would require you to carefully deburr after every stone. I usually do this as part of my process, mainly so I can be sure that I've done a good job on each stone. If I haven't, I go back and try to make it better, then test again. Again, my key idea is to have some kind of measure of progress as you go along. Seeing the edge. Seeing and hearing a cut test. Maybe some kind of verbal description could take the place of either one of these?

Just some ideas. Thanks again for making videos!

Brian.
 
no worries, good ideas. But I usually already do that. I was just trying to make a quick(ish) and dirty vid without too much yapping, but I guess the yapping and explaining is something people want to see. Check my other vids, I usually show the edge close-up after each stone and do a test cut!
 
"that's annoying as all f***" .. :D are we related ? You sounded JUST like me right there...
 
Chris "Anagarika";12909457 said:
Yeah Mag .. You do & I like it, especially explaining the 'why' ;)
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Hi Chris. Cheers, mate. :D


kaotikross said:
"that's annoying as all f***" .. :D are we related ? You sounded JUST like me right there...
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LOL. I was expecting Steelex to get the base right. How in the world did they make the rubber pads uneven? That's just horrible. :P
 
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