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Knife Noob With an Izula Inbound - Questions!
- Thread starter Feisty
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So, it has been a busy past few days! My cord came in the mail on Friday, and I have had an incredibly busy weekend of shooting and demolition derby watching, so forgive me for being late to post the pics of the wrapped Izula! 
I had planned on doing a more elaborate wrap involving two colors, but after getting frustrated with my poor wrapping skills, I just decided to do the basic wrap that comes printed on the paper included with the Izula.
Here is a close-up of the part you all are probably more concerned about:
Also, as a kind of foot note, after debating which route to take as far as sharpening, I am almost to take the plunge on the sharpmaker. I know that $50-ish probably doesn't sound like a lot to some of you, but I already plopped a decent amount of my fun-budget on the Izula.
I told my wife it was krazichinaman's hair-whittling pics that made me want a sharpmaker, so she demanded to see the aforementioned images. She was actually as impressed as I was!
So, my next question- Does anyone know where to look for a reasonably priced sharpmaker? A used one would be pretty cool, but as fondly as everyone speaks of them, I am not anticipating there being a lot of used sharpmakers on the market.
I had planned on doing a more elaborate wrap involving two colors, but after getting frustrated with my poor wrapping skills, I just decided to do the basic wrap that comes printed on the paper included with the Izula.
Here is a close-up of the part you all are probably more concerned about:
Also, as a kind of foot note, after debating which route to take as far as sharpening, I am almost to take the plunge on the sharpmaker. I know that $50-ish probably doesn't sound like a lot to some of you, but I already plopped a decent amount of my fun-budget on the Izula.
I told my wife it was krazichinaman's hair-whittling pics that made me want a sharpmaker, so she demanded to see the aforementioned images. She was actually as impressed as I was!
So, my next question- Does anyone know where to look for a reasonably priced sharpmaker? A used one would be pretty cool, but as fondly as everyone speaks of them, I am not anticipating there being a lot of used sharpmakers on the market.
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I'd sheck out dmt diamond stuff. Also I got a Stone at home depot around $10 and it seems pretty nice. I have one of my knives conceded and my edc are a cross between convex and v grind. It's gonna sound weird but go to a nail/hair junk place and get one of these foam blocks that have 4 or 2 different grits on them, they work awesome. You can use one side as a strop pretty much, and there cheap. I'm risking alot of my manliness telling you this, so it must work. Also it's crazy easy to convex with one of those.
I'll post a thread about it later in a few weeks.
I'll post a thread about it later in a few weeks.
I got a set of diamond stones off of Amazon; I think the brand name was EZ-Lap. There was one medium, one fine, one extra fine, all for around $20 I think. I have had them for about 4 months and they have worked very well for me; I have used them to sharpen everything from knives to tomahawks. Freehand sharpening takes some practice, but once you get the hang of it, these diamond stones will put a pretty wicked edge on anything you show them (and they do an excellent job on 1095 - I've used them to sharpen my Beckers but not my Izula, since the Izula still hasn't lost its factory edge in the last couple months).