NW Indian River Jack (sharpening)

[dc50]

Received my much anticipated, Indian River Jack yesterday.

Nice little knife, although it didn't come very sharp, I'm having one heck of a time, getting it to even slice paper. This is embarrassing I've been sharpening knives for over forty years now, and no matter what I do, its not being complaint. I started on a medium ceramic flat stone, then went too a fine stone, I spent a lot of time it,didn't do much of anything

Then I said OK, lets do diamond stones then, still not much success, I even went to sand paper. I must have lost my touch Maybe these are convex blades? Man O man I'm stumped

 

[cbwx34]

Have you tried the typical solutions.... marked the edge with a Sharpie, raised and removed a burr, looked at it under magnification, etc.???

(I don't know what type of edge it comes with.)

cbw

 

[dc50]

Have you tried the typical solutions.... marked the edge with a Sharpie, raised and removed a burr, looked at it under magnification, etc.???

(I don't know what type of edge it comes with.)

cbw

When I get home this evening, I'll try the Sharpie trick, and at this point I am not sure what sort of edge it started with, dumb ditty dumb dumb dumb

 

[w.t. anderson]

I had/still have the same problem with mine - I look forward to hearing how things work out.

 

[zrfunited]

I have one of the first runs of the Indian river jacks in 1095 and the edge was very obtuse. I had to reprofile it. It cuts beautifully now. I took it to approximately 40 inclusive.