My first Wicked Edge!

pialia

pialia

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Just got done sharpening my Sage from scratch. Very pleased with the results! I'm sure they'll only improve as my technique improves and the stones get broken in. Not quite a mirrored edge, but well on its way. The Sage is so thin behind the edge so the bevel appears to be very obtuse, but it's 32 degrees inclusive. I think the whole mirror effect will be more apparent on a slightly deeper bevel - need more steel behind the edge!

It easily push cuts phonebook paper and whittles hair. What's the next step? :D

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Wow, your pretty good already. It took me 10+ knives before me and the stones got that good.
 
pialia said:
It easily push cuts phonebook paper and whittles hair. What's the next step? :D
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Mouse shaving. I'm a firm believer in shaving mice as a test of sharpness. Just don't tell anyone else. I don't want folks to know about my secret rodent shaving fetish. :D

Beautiful edges. :thumbup::cool:
 
G. Scott H. said:
Mouse shaving. I'm a firm believer in shaving mice as a test of sharpness. Just don't tell anyone else. I don't want folks to know about my secret rodent shaving fetish. :D

Beautiful edges. :thumbup::cool:
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Your secret is safe with me... now where did I put my puppy? :rolleyes:

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Heeeeeeree, Frankie frankie!

YoungGrunt said:
Awesome, but the tip on the second blade looks rounded. Could just be the picture though.
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It's my friend's POS Cold Steel Safekeeper III. The tip got slightly more pointy after my sharpening, it was pretty round previously.

Fanglekai said:
How much time are you spending per blade?
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I've sharpened two so far; my Sage was about two hours including assembly of the Wicked Edge, the Safekeeper III was just over an hour. I used the same process for both.
 
Just finished a Backwoods EDC knife in 1095. Couldn't for the life of me get a burr formed on it. The end result was the same as previously, near mirrored edge with a stupid level of sharpness. Had a lot of problems sharpening this one freehand/on the sharpmaker as well, don't know why...

Strop question for you WE owners - did you have any problems when you first applied compound to your strops? I applied the recommended 1" of compound on the strops and spread it out. After it's dried now, everytime I strop I get a gooey film of compound on my blade that quickly turns into a cementish layer that I have to rub off with a wet towel. Pretty annoying to say the least. Are all paste compounds like this in the beginning? I never had any problems with my Bark River stuff.
 
I believe the WE diamond paste is oil based so it can take up to 24hrs to really soak in. You can also gently heat the strop with a blow dryer to speed up the drying.
 
I had about the same thing happen for the first few knives. Eventually it'll stop shedding like that, and the strop seems to perform even BETTER after that happens. Those edges are looking good! :)
 
Do you folks have any storage tips for the WE? I've been looking into Pelican cases, tackleboxes, making my own(which would be an eye-sore and would take an insurmountable amount of time.)

The Pelican cases seem to be expensive, even used, and adding international shipping + taxes to that makes it really gruesome, tackleboxes look kinda tacky(:D) and don't fit the base/vice.

What I would really like is something that allows me to store all the stones/strops completely separate to avoid cross contamination.

This is by far the most awesome setup I've seen:
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I use pencil cases for the stones, they each hold 2 and are easy to stack. The base just sits on its ugly homemade base on my counter though.
 
I have used tackle boxes. the plastic, clear, and look around you can get one that will hold about 5 stones.
 
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