Do it yourself! The experience and do it your self mods are always great!
Well, I am very good with a stone free hand (been doing that 25years?), recently got and edge pro... and she is easy to be shaving sharp with, but i wanted something different with the howling fat, thats why i was thinking factory...
however, i decided to convex with sandpaper for the first time (all the forum talk intrigued me)...
grabbed my pack of wet/dry paper (220, 500, 1000, 1200) and folded a few sheets of shipping/wrapping material to stick under..
220 grit, about 5 minutes and the first side was fully convex. The other side in 5 and had a burr going... then just a few swipes on each side..
500 grit... 4 minutes per side do develope some burr, and she was very sharp to the feel already (she was really a butter knife and could not cut paper before i started).
1000 grit for 3-4 minutes (i was getting very fast with the swipes) and the convex was visibly polished.
1200 grit for a few minutes a side, and she shaved my arm no problem, in both directions.
I kept the blade elevated about the height of the blade width. All done in practically no time as my wife watched grays anatomy on tivo. So far, I am impressed. Maybe tomorrow i will hit the strop with varitas .5micron green and she will be perfect.. prolly will simply keep her lubed as usual rather than refinish for now...
-The convex method is quite impressive and cheap to really make a nice edge.
-I will report soon on how the edge holds up to my use/abuse.
-Thanks leatherface, your push was the final word that sent me to the garage to grab the sandpaper.
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