Let's Talk About Sharpening Our Survive! Knives

Virtuovice is the man. He taught me a lot but I wish he'd use something other than BRKT haha. Somebody send that man a S!K
 
Silver Needle said:
How do you feel about his technique? Do you "scrub" like he does or "slice" into the stone like is commonly seen?
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He uses Japanese water stones so the technique is different. He makes a slurry on it. I use a mixture of both ways depending on the situation. Everything is a variable
 
ManOfSteel89 said:
He uses Japanese water stones so the technique is different. He makes a slurry on it. I use a mixture of both ways depending on the situation. Everything is a variable
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I didn't watch the entire video yet, so maybe he even said that........ my ignorance is showing....

For a GSO on a duosharp, would you go with the slicing motion then?
 
Silver Needle said:
I didn't watch the entire video yet, so maybe he even said that........ my ignorance is showing....

For a GSO on a duosharp, would you go with the slicing motion then?
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Usually yes. If it needs a lot of material removed I go back and forth to cut time. I've spent an hour and change on a single blade before. People wonder why a lot of guys charge good money for hand sharpening. Before I started I was quoted over $20 per INCH and they were using a guided system. That was when I decided enough was enough.
 
Silver Needle said:
How do you feel about his technique? Do you "scrub" like he does or "slice" into the stone like is commonly seen?
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Scrubbing seems to work a bit better on waterstones than other abrasives, and I'll admit to doing it when shaping the bevels. But when it comes to actually apexing the edge, I return to edge leading strokes.

His technique overall yields decent results, and he actually uses his knives, so it's hard to criticize him. But he does have his faults (for example, using way too much pressure) and will once in a while do something really strange like use his own blood as lubricant.
 
calc said:
Scrubbing seems to work a bit better on waterstones than other abrasives, and I'll admit to doing it when shaping the bevels. But when it comes to actually apexing the edge, I return to edge leading strokes.

His technique overall yields decent results, and he actually uses his knives, so it's hard to criticize him. But he does have his faults (for example, using way too much pressure) and will once in a while do something really strange like use his own blood as lubricant.
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Seriously? Why?
 
Silver Needle said:
How do you feel about his technique? Do you "scrub" like he does or "slice" into the stone like is commonly seen?
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I never slice into a stone. On a wide flat edge like a scandi, I will scrub along the edge. On other edges I draw away from the edge.
 
Sharpening knives is another one of my "therapy" things. I'll grab all the stuff and sit in my recliner watching football or something, and zone out sharpening by hand. I've done it so much I do it more by muscle memory than is safe, maybe... but it works.

Sharpened my user 4.1 up today, actually...

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Nice looking edge! Is there much of a fundamental difference in sharpening away from or towards the edge?

My dad taught me the "slice into" method when I was a kid and I've been doing it that way since.

Clearly you get great results with your proven methods. Like a lot of things in life "find what works for you".
 
Silver Needle said:
Nice looking edge! Is there much of a fundamental difference in sharpening away from or towards the edge?

My dad taught me the "slice into" method when I was a kid and I've been doing it that way since.

Clearly you get great results with your proven methods. Like a lot of things in life "find what works for you".
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Harder to remove the burr when using the edge trailing motion. Edge leading is easier and generally more effective IMO. I only use edge trailing on a strop.
 
Don't have mine yet, but the wicked edge works well for most fixed blades I've sharpened up to a 5.5 kitchen knife easily
 
ncrockclimb said:
Seriously? Why?
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He claims it's a traditional technique that somebody recommended to him. I really don't care about cleanliness or anything like that, it's not hurting anything, but I really don't think there's any practical advantage to it.

[video=youtube;Gebk5W8YJc8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gebk5W8YJc8[/video]
 
calc said:
He claims it's a traditional technique that somebody recommended to him. I really don't care about cleanliness or anything like that, it's not hurting anything, but I really don't think there's any practical advantage to it.

[video=youtube;Gebk5W8YJc8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gebk5W8YJc8[/video]
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"I have lost much blood to this waterstone"

oh man.... that's bizarre, I have bled like that around knives but not on purpose... :D
 
The Japanese have a lot of deep spiritual beliefs that go way back relating to swords, knifes.

Samurai 1866

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Did someone mention "sharp"?

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Lol. I think the samurai's sword was judged buy the number of bodies it could cut though in one swipe of the blade. I believe this is how they tested the edge of a blade maker back in the day. Now days we beat them through bricks and hurl them at unsuspecting trees.
 
Texas_toothpick said:
Lol. I think the samurai's sword was judged buy the number of bodies it could cut though in one swipe of the blade. I believe this is how they tested the edge of a blade maker back in the day. Now days we beat them through bricks and hurl them at unsuspecting trees.
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Dan Keffeler :cool:

[video=youtube;DrWXv7e9sZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=45&v=DrWXv7e9sZE[/video]
 
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