Khuk sharpening question

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I read the other thread on sharpening them with convex angle etc.... but Im still a little confused on which part to sharpen. Am I supposed to sharpen it up to where the grind (A) is? or do I simply sharpen the edge (B) like most knives? sorry for the inaccurate terms.
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For right now work on B and make a gentle convex slope for about 1/8" to the edge. Work on the one side until you can feel just slight burr on the oposite side from where you are working. Make the burr all along the blade. Then you can work on the other side. Don't get too impatient.:)
 
thanks. Thats what I been working on for the past week or so but am I supposed to work the edge up to figure (A) at a later time after I get (B) done? thanks for your help
 
If I'm not being presumptous, is this a new khuk? Really I wouldn't worry about A portion you are reffering to especially on a new khuk. The edge is all that I sharpen right know. Think about this; the blade is not hard all the way back to the spine. The hardest part is really from the high part of that last bevel, maybe a bit more so you do not want to remove too much steel from the knife each time you sharpen it. After you get it fairly sharp I would consider getting a ceramic rod to do the last sharpening with. They polish the edge that you have been working on and, they can be cleaned easily when they get loaded up with steel particles. They remove very little steel from the knife.:)
 
Its an Indian army Khuk which was not sharpened from the maker so all the sharpening came from me. right now I have the edge somewhat sharp so Im going to keep at it and im using a rod to put more of an edge than I had it at.
 
3.5in Rocket Launcher?, haven't seen one of those since ITR.
Nice toys.
Regards,
Greg
 
hope there not live rockets hangin there on the wall ???
otherwise you might get a rather nasty shock if they detonate.:(
 
Bet you couldn't hit the fourth floor window of a suite of cardiologists with that!

( It's an inside joke - take too long to explain )

;) ;) :D :D :D
 
Rusty, you crack me up!:D :D I don't even know the joke, but can make my own!
-SB
 
BTW: Welcome to the Cantina, Nismo.

And SB- I literally got my CCW so I will never again get put into a hospital without the ability to tell the staff NO! to a procedure and make it stick.
 
nismo,

Pappy has told you where the action is for sharpening. The B part which is the edge.

When you use hard sharpeners, concentrate there. To get a convex edge that merges smoothly with the bevel, (A-B), you will find that some of the bevel parts get worked a bit also, and it won't look as pretty anymore. It's way too much work for me to try to work that evenly with hard sharpeners. If you don't care about that, no problem, and you're done once the edge is sharp.

The softer, resiliant things like a loaded strop or sandpaper on a mousepad are different. If you use those at the same angle as a stone, the give allows the abrasive to wrap around the edge and will dull it. How much depends on the pressure applied. So you need to use a flatter angle with those to get the edge sharpened. That naturally works on the B part also, and after the deformation of the soft material, the contact of the edge with the abrasive should now be correct. I've incorporated that into the sharpening procedure to get the whole bevel as polished as the edge and rest of the knife. It is partly cosmetic, but it also encourages a full convex profile if the khuk isn't hollow ground. And the polish helps discourage rust. Though you may never sharpen a khuk enough that it matters, it also thins the bevel as you sharpen. That way as the blade gets skinnier from remving metal from the edge, it doesn't get thicker just before the edge. If you eventually take a 1/4" from the edge, you won't need a drastic regrind, it's been adjusted all along. Recall Yvsa's coffee-can picture. Imagine that single profile extending from the beginning of the bevel all the way to the edge. Without a secondary edge angle. But this isn't absolutely necessary, and unless the edge, "B" is well formed and sharp, it won't cut or chop no matter what is done elsewhere.

Sorry about the confusion, hope this helps. It is so much easier to show than write about.

And the toys...you gotta have some kind of collector permit or something to have them in Kalifornia?
 
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