Got One...

[markhait]

A Sharpmaker that is. Arrived in the mail today and have been using it quite a while. Phew...my hands are tired! I mounted it to a piece of oak and clamped that to my desk. Seems to work a little better, as I don't have to hold it.

I was able to get hair shaving sharp, a lockblade from ColdSteel in VG-1 stainless. Next I tried my brand new Rat-7, but try as I might, I couldn't get the whole blade hair splitting sharp. I could get it from the finger guard up about 3 inches. From that point to the tip I just couldn't seem to get it that sharp.

What am I doing wrong? Do I just really need to remove a lot more steel before I can get it there? Its 1095 steel not D2.

Overall I'm pretty happy with my purchase, but my hand sure is tired!

Thoughts?....

 

[hardheart]

angle might be different passing through the curve in the belly, you'll probably have to recut the bevel with coarser abrasives before refining on the SM.