Has anyone self-sharpened a Rockstead?

Blues Bender said:
Do you realize that the knife in question is worth about $1,000
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Here is a short story :
When I was young I had never owned a car (drove lots of 'em) and got around on my bicycle. BY CHOICE. (dambed tree hugger).
Then my parents began to fail and I had to travel regularly to the next town over to help them.

I decided to buy an automobile. I grew up sideways in a Ford Mustang ('65 fast back) that my older friend had so the combustion engine was no mystery to me.
I went to the library and researched wire wheel sports cars (I wanted a wire wheel sports car). I found the one I wanted in photos and looked up the blue book. To my chagrin it was ~$1,000,000 (several decades ago for a Ferrari 250 GTO).
I bought a less expensive wire wheel sports car.
But
I would not have hesitated to learn to tune the 250, to do engine work on that car, to even machine parts for it.
hahahaha I might even have killed my self learning to do body work on it.

And yes I rebuilt the engine on my car from the block out including correcting oil galley work that had been botched by the machine shop that bored and milled the block and head.

Some of us were born to do this kind of work an' others like me are at least capable of learning and adapting to the situation.

As Seven of Nine says "You Will Adapt".
 
Wowbagger said:
Here is a short story :
When I was young I had never owned a car (drove lots of 'em) and got around on my bicycle. BY CHOICE. (dambed tree hugger).
Then my parents began to fail and I had to travel regularly to the next town over to help them.

I decided to buy an automobile. I grew up sideways in a Ford Mustang ('65 fast back) that my older friend had so the combustion engine was no mystery to me.
I went to the library and researched wire wheel sports cars (I wanted a wire wheel sports car). I found the one I wanted in photos and looked up the blue book. To my chagrin it was ~$1,000,000 (several decades ago for a Ferrari 250 GTO).
I bought a less expensive wire wheel sports car.
But
I would not have hesitated to learn to tune the 250, to do engine work on that car, to even machine parts for it.
hahahaha I might even have killed my self learning to do body work on it.

And yes I rebuilt the engine on my car from the block out including correcting oil galley work that had been botched by the machine shop that bored and milled the block and head.

Some of us were born to do this kind of work an' others like me are at least capable of learning and adapting to the situation.

As Seven of Nine says "You Will Adapt".
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It’s possible to sharpen a Rockstead, just like it’s possible to repair your own Ferrari, but high end items can’t be approached with ham-fisted methods.
 
Personally I'd want to be capable of making a similar finish on a broad beveled Scandi or some other relatively inexpensive convex. Your best on that is going to be your best on any other knife.

As with sharpening in general, don't learn on anything that has real value.
 
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