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SeabassSarmale

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Hey Guys, newish to the knife world, and was wondering, what stones or sharpening tools would be good for a Pm2 in Maxamet? Also, any ideas for compounds that could be used with a leather strop? Thanks.
 
Venev diamond bonded stones, all the way.

They eat my Maxamet knives for breakfast and you can get a hair-whittling edge on Maxamet with them, paired up with diamond loaded strops.
 
777 Edge said:
Venev diamond bonded stones, all the way.

They eat my Maxamet knives for breakfast and you can get a hair-whittling edge on Maxamet with them, paired up with diamond loaded strops.
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Yep. I just touched up my Maxamet PM2 on Venev bench stones last night. About 10 minutes and it easily slices through paper towel now.

Since I got the R1 I decided I might as well go all in and splurged on a set of the 6" Venev Orion stones. Can't wait.
 
3D Anvil said:
Yep. I just touched up my Maxamet PM2 on Venev bench stones last night. About 10 minutes and it easily slices through paper towel now.

Since I got the R1 I decided I might as well go all in and splurged on a set of the 6" Venev Orion stones. Can't wait.
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Whoa! Nice one 3D Anvil 3D Anvil ! You're going to like the Venev Orion set. Be sure to get yourself a 6-stone plastic stone box from Gritomatic for that set of Venev Orion stones. I see that Gritomatic is only listing a 8-stone box in stock, but they may have already manufactured some 6-stone boxes if you prefer those. Check with them.

Alternatively, get the 8 stone box and use the extra 2 slots for strops, or for other stones.

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777 Edge said:
Venev diamond bonded stones, all the way.

They eat my Maxamet knives for breakfast and you can get a hair-whittling edge on Maxamet with them, paired up with diamond loaded strops.
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I am looking at the different grits, does it make a difference, and what would you recommend as starter diamond stones? thanks a lot.
 
SeabassSarmale said:
I am looking at the different grits, does it make a difference, and what would you recommend as starter diamond stones? thanks a lot.
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Different grits for different purposes. For Venev's, the 240/400 + 800/1200 is an excellent basic setup for taking a knife from dull to a near mirror finish. But you'd want something courser if you're planning on reprofiling. The Venev 80/150 is out of stock in the bench stones, so an xtra course diamond plate would work well, or you could splurge on one of the CGSW course stones.

For stropping compound, it just depends on how shiny you want the edge to be.
 
3D Anvil said:
Different grits for different purposes. For Venev's, the 240/400 + 800/1200 is an excellent basic setup for taking a knife from dull to a near mirror finish. But you'd want something courser if you're planning on reprofiling. The Venev 80/150 is out of stock in the bench stones, so an xtra course diamond plate would work well, or you could splurge on one of the CGSW course stones.

For stropping compound, it just depends on how shiny you want the edge to be.
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I'm looking at sharpening a dull knife, so what you gave me works, as for the edge, what compound would you recommend for a near-mirror finish?
 
SeabassSarmale said:
I'm looking at sharpening a dull knife, so what you gave me works, as for the edge, what compound would you recommend for a near-mirror finish?
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I think 1 micron would be a good choice if you only want to do one strop. Or if you do two, I'd go 1 and .5.
 
Are Maxamet blades prone to snapping, or is their fragility just potential chipping of the edge? I'll be honest and admit that I use my edc knife mostly for opening cardboard boxes, I'm just looking for a blade steel that will hold an edge without touching it up daily. Bought my first Spyderco a couple of weeks back, an Endura in K390, to see if my arthritic hands can open it easily; looks like a flipper works much better for me so I'm eyeing my next knife purchase.
 
Thorgrim said:
Are Maxamet blades prone to snapping, or is their fragility just potential chipping of the edge? I'll be honest and admit that I use my edc knife mostly for opening cardboard boxes, I'm just looking for a blade steel that will hold an edge without touching it up daily. Bought my first Spyderco a couple of weeks back, an Endura in K390, to see if my arthritic hands can open it easily; looks like a flipper works much better for me so I'm eyeing my next knife purchase.
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I am not aware of any Maxamet knives that are flippers. The Paramilitary 2 or Para 3 are compression locks which may be a bit easier for you to open than the back lock Endura, but far as I know you won't be finding any flippers made in Maxamet. Or K390, for that matter.
 
Thorgrim said:
Are Maxamet blades prone to snapping, or is their fragility just potential chipping of the edge?
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No, Maxamet blades are not prone to snapping. I wouldn't call a Maxamet edge "fragile." It holds up especially well to normal work, but if you go banging it into steel, staples, and rocks, you'll get some chipping. All steels will show some kind of damage if you go around doing crazy stuff with it.

In my opinion, K390 is preferable to Maxamet. It keeps a good edge longer, and the chipping I get is usually only visible under magnification. Is your Endura difficult to open two-handed? There's a bent spring that makes everything happen. It's not difficult to remove the spring, and then straighten it out a little in the vise. It will make the knife easier to open and the lock easier to disengage. The downside is that the blade has less bias to staying closed.
 
Thorgrim said:
Are Maxamet blades prone to snapping, or is their fragility just potential chipping of the edge? I'll be honest and admit that I use my edc knife mostly for opening cardboard boxes, I'm just looking for a blade steel that will hold an edge without touching it up daily. Bought my first Spyderco a couple of weeks back, an Endura in K390, to see if my arthritic hands can open it easily; looks like a flipper works much better for me so I'm eyeing my next knife purchase.
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You will have a better time with the compression lock, with arthritis. You should check out the lock if you have not before - see if it is right for you? It is a stronger, improved liner-lock, but "reversed". so that instead of putting your thumb down in front of the blade, you place it on a tab in back, when pushed, the blade falls safely into the handle. They make a device called the CME (compression made easy), a rubber doo-dad going over the compression tab to make it easier to close for left-handed people/arthritic people. You might not even need it, though.

I have an American backlock in front of me, the Native Chief, and it takes more effort than the compression lock to close, for sure.

I have decided my Maxamet is not going to snap on me, and that I shall start using it for light tasks, and try to touch it up on diamond.
 
RustyIron said:
No, Maxamet blades are not prone to snapping. I wouldn't call a Maxamet edge "fragile." It holds up especially well to normal work, but if you go banging it into steel, staples, and rocks, you'll get some chipping. All steels will show some kind of damage if you go around doing crazy stuff with it.

In my opinion, K390 is preferable to Maxamet. It keeps a good edge longer, and the chipping I get is usually only visible under magnification. Is your Endura difficult to open two-handed? There's a bent spring that makes everything happen. It's not difficult to remove the spring, and then straighten it out a little in the vise. It will make the knife easier to open and the lock easier to disengage. The downside is that the blade has less bias to staying closed.
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Thanks for the info! I can open it one-handed, but it sometimes takes a bit of moving it around to get the right hand placement so I can get it open. Maybe some practice will remedy that, as well as break-in the knife.
 
777 Edge said:
Venev diamond bonded stones, all the way.

They eat my Maxamet knives for breakfast and you can get a hair-whittling edge on Maxamet with them, paired up with diamond loaded strops.
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I see the 6 x 1in models on Amazon. Are there larger sizes, and a good company to buy them from? I'd rather not go through Amazon.
 
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