Let's see your Polished Edges!

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my first try using DMT aligner fine, extra fine, extra extra fine stones
 
My favorite pic, M4 millie polished to 1 Micron.

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For those of you guys with an edge pro and Para-2's, how are you aligning your para-2 on the edge pro table? Do you lay the spine square against the block or do you square the edge with the edge of the table leaving only the portion of the spine directly above the thumbhole in contact with the bloack?
 
Menace said:
For those of you guys with an edge pro and Para-2's, how are you aligning your para-2 on the edge pro table? Do you lay the spine square against the block or do you square the edge with the edge of the table leaving only the portion of the spine directly above the thumbhole in contact with the bloack?
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If I understand you correctly I put mine so the edge goes over both corners of the 'table'. Placing it like this only the blade right above the hole touches the moveable stop. If you laid the spine flush with the stop the edge closest to the handle would be further away than the tip and the angle would be quite a bit more acute than at the tip.
 


Spyderco Endura 4 ZDP-189, 0.25mic finish, freehand using whetstones and various microabrasives.
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
If I understand you correctly I put mine so the edge goes over both corners of the 'table'. Placing it like this only the blade right above the hole touches the moveable stop. If you laid the spine flush with the stop the edge closest to the handle would be further away than the tip and the angle would be quite a bit more acute than at the tip.
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Gotcha!! Exactly what I needed to know, thanks a bunch
 
I love these pictures, thanks for sharing. Is there any downside to having a blade polished as nicely as these? I saw on the EdgePro videos on YouTube that they might not work well in the kitchen, cutting a tomato was the example used. Can you think of any other times you've come across in which having such a smooth blade was a negative?

Again, thanks for sharing the pictures, I'm inspired to finally get an EdgePro Apex instead of spending money on another knife.
 
I had been doing Polished edges until a while ago.

The effort to do it every time the knife went dull again is a burden to sharpening a knife; sometimes I just can't stand sharpening that takes 5-7 steps

Polished edges work well in the kitchen but lower grit finish will do just as well in most tasks

Lately I've just been slapping on 220grit finishes and then lightly stropping it with Green ZAM compound, I found that this gave the knife more bite on slick objects

Your mileage may vary but I've pretty much quit spending 30minutes sharpening 1 knife
 
Ill usally edge pro a knife once then touch it up on sharpmaker after that .unless I chip the knife then I hit it back just enough to get out chip . I had to do this with para cts as I went to cut twine not knowing there was a metal wire behind it. I got lucky cause whoever grinded it in Golden had it perfect so I had a little room to take it back to get chip out
 
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