Oops, no regrets?

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Mr. Clean

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So I got this sweet AD, custom shop, saber grind, the whole nine. It's really one I've been looking for for a long time.
Well it was about as sharp as the box it came it so I take it to the Sharpmaker like I have so many other times. Now it's wicked sharp with a polished V edge.
And...It just doesn't look the same. Yes it feels great and cuts great, but for some reason it just doesn't look the same. I'll have to post up before and after pics. I'm half tempted to send 'er in the the Busse crew.
Anyhoo, who's done that? Stripped your Mistress, beat your satin jack, hand sanded your slabs and then looked at it and thought "Damn, shouldn'ta dun that".
 
I beat my BATACLE so bad in a drunken concrete-chopping frenzy that I totally jacked it up. I wanted to punch myself in the face the next day. But it's fixable. No regrets.
 
Mr. Clean said:
So I got this sweet AD, custom shop, saber grind, the whole nine. It's really one I've been looking for for a long time.
Well it was about as sharp as the box it came it so I take it to the Sharpmaker like I have so many other times. Now it's wicked sharp with a polished V edge.
And...It just doesn't look the same. Yes it feels great and cuts great, but for some reason it just doesn't look the same. I'll have to post up before and after pics. I'm half tempted to send 'er in the the Busse crew.
Anyhoo, who's done that? Stripped your Mistress, beat your satin jack, hand sanded your slabs and then looked at it and thought "Damn, shouldn'ta dun that".
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I suggest lightly sanding edge by hand with 400 grit sandpaper and a mouse pad to help get back the factory look..


----working on enlarging the choil on my EURO4 right now :)...
 
Dont stress mate,

One of the best things ive ever bought for my knives was a set of Diamond sticks for the sharpmaker.

Get yourself a set and just run your knife down them a couple of times and the edge will look factory.

When new the diamond sticks will be quite rough - great for re profiling but once they have really worn in they alone will start putting a wicked sharp edge on your knives (and they will still able to re profile blades without any trouble) then literally two or three passes one the white (fine) ceramic sticks and the job is done... and the edge - looks factory (provided factory is a "V" edge!)

Travis.
 
Your say'ing the better edge makes it look worse?

We'll need pics please.
 
???????? :confused:

Don't understand.... guess I need to see pics.

I am personally fond of sharp edges.... and frustrated with lack of.

I don't recall a good edge ever making a knife look lesser.

From my experience, along with MUCH more desirable function, a good edge also seems to make my knives look better.

On the other hand, I have seen some hack jobs on edges that looked pretty bad. With a Sharpmaker, I assume the edge is consistant if nothing else (?????).
 
I hate to sound like such a Nancy, but it's the 'look' I don't like. There's something very utilitarian about the obtuse Busse grind that makes for an overall effect. Especially with the coated blades such as this one. The small edge leaves for a lot of non-cutting area to be coated and adds to the overall look.
Maybe it's the polish too UJ, I'll try roughing it up a bit. Well that and the grind seems assymetrical. But I've mentioned that a couple of times and now I'm thinking my technique is wrong. I've got the diamond sticks for the sharpmaker and the've done everything from a FSH to a SAR5 to a small folder. I'll take it to them tonight and see what happens.
 
I can see what he is talking about. Most of the Busse's that we see are mint, and have that mint Busse look to them. When you radically change the edge geometry you change the look; especially on the coated ones where you grind off a bunch of the coating, or if you give it a big-wide highly polished edge that seems to clash with the rest of the package. While it is what you see, it is not what you brain expects to see, and it just looks... wrong.

To me a polished edge just seems to clash with any blade that is not mirror polished.

No offense intended, but I also don't like the hand shaped scales on UJ's satin jack. To me the rope pattern scales look right. The hand shaped scales look wrong.
 
hlee said:
I can see what he is talking about. Most of the Busse's that we see are mint, and have that mint Busse look to them. When you radically change the edge geometry you change the look; especially on the coated ones where you grind off a bunch of the coating, or if you give it a big-wide highly polished edge that seems to clash with the rest of the package. While it is what you see, it is not what you brain expects to see, and it just looks... wrong.

To me a polished edge just seems to clash with any blade that is not mirror polished.

No offense intended, but I also don't like the hand shaped scales on UJ's satin jack. To me the rope pattern scales look right. The hand shaped scales look wrong.
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EXACTLY!!!
I just couldn't put it into words, but you did!
I have to post pics tonight. Last night I got home from work and it was straight to bed for me. :barf:
 
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Looks outstanding to me. :thumbup: My battle mistress is starting to look like I sharpened it on the curb, but it still does the trick nicely.
 
I think I see what you mean. More acute edge, more coating removed. The obtuse factory edge looks better but cuts worse. When you hand sharpen, even with a guided system the angle will have small inconsistencies.. There will be minor differences and when the light hits it exxagerates those differences. Either convex the edge a little with a loaded strop or use an edgepro and I think you might restore some of its original beauty
Good Luck
 
Use the Knife.

Form follows function.

It will even get scratchs and dings with use, and that is a "Good" thing

If you want a safe queen, buy another and leave it alone.

Get a Sheath, do some work with the knife.

The beauty of knives is in the use.
 
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