New (to me) LionSteel

[dbla]

This just came in the mail today. SOO excited.

 

[JTC]

Very nice. I love the looks of those!

 

[Bigfattyt]

Ti handle?

I sure do need one of these. Especially with the convex edges some have.

 

[dbla]

Yup Ti handle and convex edge. Gotta figure out how to sharpen it.

 

[Bigfattyt]

Yup Ti handle and convex edge. Gotta figure out how to sharpen it.

Sharpening convex edges is actually very very easy.

Buy some automotive sandpaper in higher grits, and get a soft backing (I use a harder rubber strike pad from Tandy leather).

I started out with a normal soft mousepad. They work fine too.

Get 200 through 2000 grit automotive sand paper (higher grit for maintaining, and lower for reprofiling or fixing damage). I only use the sandpaper if I have to remove a bit more metal when I really blunt the edge. I have not really used it in years on most knives, once the edge profile is set. For your knife, with the convex already set, you can just maintain on a strop.

Get or make a leather strop. Most of my sharpening is really just a quick few strokes per side on the loaded leather strop (knives ship free have strops and compound).

I really only use the green compound (I bought mine from harbor freight. 3 or 4 dollars for the #6 metal polish. It has a red cap, and has lasted for 6 or more years, and I still have 1/2 of it left).

My strop is a broken leather belt that I cut up (it was a new belt, of quality leather).

You can buy the leather and make a strop your self too (just glue it to a flat board).

Sharpen edge trailing with very little pressure.

http://www.knivesshipfree.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=convex

here are tutorial video's

http://www.knivesshipfree.com/pages.php?pID=4&CDpath=0&keywords=convex


Once you get the hang of it it is super quick, and easy to do. A few strokes per side after use, and it stays hair whittling sharp.

hair whitting sharp just using sandpaper, then home made strop with cheap harbor freight metal polish (the stuff from the knife store should be much better, with smaller, more consistent sized abrasive particles).

 

[Solstice]

Still one of my all time favorites. Keep meaning to pick one up again.

 

[dbla]

Yeah...big fan so far. As far as sharpening goes, I'll fuss with doing it myself here pretty quick. Gotta guy in town that's a jedi with a belt grinder and can put a hair popping edge on anything in a second.

Still one of my all time favorites. Keep meaning to pick one up again.