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Last minute stropping?
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There's a sticky regarding microbevels in the Maintenance & Tinkering sub-forum. Probably everything you'll ever likely need to know about 'em:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=634739
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The micro bevel on a fixed blade Fallkniven is very small.
In my opinion all edges benefit from a final stropping. It will not dull an edge, only remove any last burr and polish the edge.
In my opinion all edges benefit from a final stropping. It will not dull an edge, only remove any last burr and polish the edge.
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You might benefit from taking a look at the sharpening videos here:
http://www.knivesshipfree.com/pages/Sharpening-Videos
Specifically, the first video ('Sharpening a Convex Blade without Power Tools) illustrates the differences (using wooden mock-ups) between a 'V' edge (with a microbevel, in this case), and a convex edge (as with your Fallkniven).
Whether your Fallkniven blade has a microbevel or not isn't necessarily important here. A microbevel, by definition, is VERY small (might not be much wider than the width of a thread, if it's even that wide). If it's there at all, it can generally be seen under bright light as a bright, shiny 'thread' of light along the full length of the edge. Resharpening it is going to alter or remove it anyway. The key, when sharpening any blade, is that the final edge is clean, uniform and sharp (instead of rounded, knicked, etc.), microbevel or not.
http://www.knivesshipfree.com/pages/Sharpening-Videos
Specifically, the first video ('Sharpening a Convex Blade without Power Tools) illustrates the differences (using wooden mock-ups) between a 'V' edge (with a microbevel, in this case), and a convex edge (as with your Fallkniven).
Whether your Fallkniven blade has a microbevel or not isn't necessarily important here. A microbevel, by definition, is VERY small (might not be much wider than the width of a thread, if it's even that wide). If it's there at all, it can generally be seen under bright light as a bright, shiny 'thread' of light along the full length of the edge. Resharpening it is going to alter or remove it anyway. The key, when sharpening any blade, is that the final edge is clean, uniform and sharp (instead of rounded, knicked, etc.), microbevel or not.
As with any sharpening technique, you can do it right or you can do it wrong. Stropping is no exception.
The edge has to meet the leather at the correct angle or you'll either dull the edge or round the shoulders. And even with an otherwise correct angle, if you press too hard, the leather is likely to wrap around the edge and dull it.
The edge has to meet the leather at the correct angle or you'll either dull the edge or round the shoulders. And even with an otherwise correct angle, if you press too hard, the leather is likely to wrap around the edge and dull it.