Hand-American! Hallelujah!

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thombrogan

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Finally got around to trying my 'scary sharp' flatbed hone as adverized. Well, sharpening style as copied from Chiharu Sugai of Korin, but anyways....

Used their 4000 grit, 9000 grit, and 60000 grit sandpapers on the glass plate (smooth side) with Avery Permanent Glue Stic as the adhesive (per Keith D's recommendation) and touched up the edges on two already sharp Delicas and an almost sharp Lava.

:eek:

The Delicas (VG10 D3 and ZDP-189 D4) passed the Murray Carter 3-finger test and the Lava came close. If you know how bad I suck at free-hand sharpening (can hold my own with an EdgePro Apex, though), you'd know why I'm so psyched about such things. Anyways, I splashed water on all three papers to sharpen and they cut fast and left a film of steel dust and abrasive on the blades which quickly washed off.

There's probably no practical reason to go beyond the 4000 grit sandpaper for a folding pocketknife, but, well, that's none of my business.

In general, it's more fun to play with waterstones, but the flatbed honing system and green SiC papers offer the same quality results without the initial startup costs for an array of waterstones.
 
Thanks, you just confirmed my faith in purchasing the glass plate and those exact papers from them for my existing HA corian magnetic base for my HA leather strop when I get paid on Friday. With practice I can get some nice results, too! How does the 60000 grit do on tomatoes (if you have any fresh ones in the house :D ).

Mike
 
We got a fresh tomato Sunday and it became topping for the second round of nachos. So no idea.
 
I've got the Scary Sharp system as well. Love it. its amazing how well it works.
 
If you want a real challenge, the over ripened tomatos are about the most difficult thing you can push cut because they have almost no rigidity.

-Cliff
 
Cliff Stamp said:
If you want a real challenge, the over ripened tomatos are about the most difficult thing you can push cut because they have almost no rigidity.

-Cliff
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I'll have to tell my wife to let some tomatos go bad the next time we get some then. I have a feeling she will smack me over the head when I say that, but it will be worth it to see if my sharpness rates high enough to pushcut an over ripened tomato.

Mike
 
Dad's got about 80 tomato plants started, so if anyone is desperate for test media, just let me know :p
 
It took a while to get back to the HandAmerican paper because I've had it in for SiC ever since using my Golden Lobster SiC waterstone :barf:

Glad I did, though.
 
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