I made the resin bond stones a fair while ago, tested them, and decided we didn't like how they worked. Thing is we never really, or at all, dressed them after molding, duhhh. So I dressed them on a flat surface with some loose 400 grit Sic and did my tests all over again. Photos are from a USB eyepiece camera mounted on a microscope I inherited. Getting the lighting right is very difficult and the focal length is super shallow but it is the best I have. Please don't try reading too much from the photos, they don't tell how well the knife cuts/ shaves, there are discrepancies. I found out how much of a difference a light dress on the stones makes vs how they work after a few edges. I also found out how much the edges like to microchip. With the ceramic knife I ended up going back to the 2Kish stone to avoid the microchiping.
Here are the three knives I played with. The CRKT is 440c and I am not sure what the Henckels is. Sharpener is an EP.
Here are all of the stones I have, including some diamond plates on the right end that Ben said were shot. The stones on the left are Alox EP stones I got years ago, my new 1K Alox stone is not in the photo, it is by far my favorite Alox stone, it just really performs well.
Everything has been freshly dressed.
This photo is of a scale, each line is .01" apart, the black is the ink in the bottom of each line. I am posting it for size reference. All of the photos are taken at the same magnification so the scale is the same.
The first knife is the CRKT with a 440c blade. Here is the dull photo.
220 Alox stone vitreous bond.
600 Alox stone vitreous bond.
1K Alox stone vitreous bond. The edge in this photo looks the best, but it will not shave nearly as well as after further work. Looks are not everything.
400 Sic resin bond.
1100 Sic resin bond.
1100 Alox resin bond.
1800 Alox resin bond.
4K Alox resin bond.
4K Alox resin bond with a micro bevel.
Same as above but I have "stropped" it on my pant leg with no abrasives. The scratches on the micro bevel are starting to polish out with just a few passes. Just goes to show how small the scratches are.
800 resin bond diamond not freshly dressed.
800 resin bond diamond that has been freshly dressed.
1600 resin bond diamond not freshly dressed.
1600 resin bond diamond that has been freshly dressed.
Here are the three knives I played with. The CRKT is 440c and I am not sure what the Henckels is. Sharpener is an EP.
Here are all of the stones I have, including some diamond plates on the right end that Ben said were shot. The stones on the left are Alox EP stones I got years ago, my new 1K Alox stone is not in the photo, it is by far my favorite Alox stone, it just really performs well.
Everything has been freshly dressed.
This photo is of a scale, each line is .01" apart, the black is the ink in the bottom of each line. I am posting it for size reference. All of the photos are taken at the same magnification so the scale is the same.
The first knife is the CRKT with a 440c blade. Here is the dull photo.
220 Alox stone vitreous bond.
600 Alox stone vitreous bond.
1K Alox stone vitreous bond. The edge in this photo looks the best, but it will not shave nearly as well as after further work. Looks are not everything.
400 Sic resin bond.
1100 Sic resin bond.
1100 Alox resin bond.
1800 Alox resin bond.
4K Alox resin bond.
4K Alox resin bond with a micro bevel.
Same as above but I have "stropped" it on my pant leg with no abrasives. The scratches on the micro bevel are starting to polish out with just a few passes. Just goes to show how small the scratches are.
800 resin bond diamond not freshly dressed.
800 resin bond diamond that has been freshly dressed.
1600 resin bond diamond not freshly dressed.
1600 resin bond diamond that has been freshly dressed.
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