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The Preamble: I am BAD at sharpening. Until I got my WSKST, i was utterly incapable of making a knife even paper slicing sharp. When i tried, i generally did massive damage.
The WSKST Precursors: With my WSKST, I was able to master getting my knives up to a much better level of sharpness. I could get to paper slicing sharp on most knives, but even with massive effort, I was only able to get a shaving edge by adding a secondary bevel that i didn't like at all. I was (and am) completely incapable of getting a true zero convex edge that was also "hair popping sharp"
Enter The TGLB: I have sharpened this blade 2 times. The first time, i reprofiled it, and took it to a very nice receipt slicing, moderately hair shaving edge. It took me a VERY short amount of time, and i didn't go for the insanely sharp edge that i really wanted, because i didn't want to mess up an edge which was already better than anything I was normally able to get. I took it out, used the crap out of it and it lost that hair shavy quality, although after a weekend of batonning and chopping, it was still paper slicing sharp.
My Masterpiece: Tonight, i decided to resharpen my knife to see if i could get back to shaving sharp. I decided to pull out all the stops, so i used my 1500 grit belt (in less than 1 minute it was shaving again) , then stepped up to a 3000 grit belt and polished it to mirror quality. After the 3000 grit belt, it was seriously beautiful. The edge was also sharper than ANYTHING i've ever sharpened before. It is now HAIR POPPING sharp, and i actually managed to get it to cut a piece of tissue paper that i got in a present for my birthday. I don't know any other way to test it, and since i don't seem to be able to get God to stop by to see if it's up to Hattori Hanzo standards i'm just gonna declare it "sharp enough"
My Question: Are you folks under the impression that there's something about INFI that makes it easier to sharpen and more prone to taking a seriously sharp edge?
The WSKST Precursors: With my WSKST, I was able to master getting my knives up to a much better level of sharpness. I could get to paper slicing sharp on most knives, but even with massive effort, I was only able to get a shaving edge by adding a secondary bevel that i didn't like at all. I was (and am) completely incapable of getting a true zero convex edge that was also "hair popping sharp"
Enter The TGLB: I have sharpened this blade 2 times. The first time, i reprofiled it, and took it to a very nice receipt slicing, moderately hair shaving edge. It took me a VERY short amount of time, and i didn't go for the insanely sharp edge that i really wanted, because i didn't want to mess up an edge which was already better than anything I was normally able to get. I took it out, used the crap out of it and it lost that hair shavy quality, although after a weekend of batonning and chopping, it was still paper slicing sharp.
My Masterpiece: Tonight, i decided to resharpen my knife to see if i could get back to shaving sharp. I decided to pull out all the stops, so i used my 1500 grit belt (in less than 1 minute it was shaving again) , then stepped up to a 3000 grit belt and polished it to mirror quality. After the 3000 grit belt, it was seriously beautiful. The edge was also sharper than ANYTHING i've ever sharpened before. It is now HAIR POPPING sharp, and i actually managed to get it to cut a piece of tissue paper that i got in a present for my birthday. I don't know any other way to test it, and since i don't seem to be able to get God to stop by to see if it's up to Hattori Hanzo standards i'm just gonna declare it "sharp enough"
My Question: Are you folks under the impression that there's something about INFI that makes it easier to sharpen and more prone to taking a seriously sharp edge?
