Random Thought Thread

God bless America. Forgot I wanted to share some pictures of Grand Coulee Dam. We stopped and stayed a night in the trailer on the way back from a wedding in the Spokane area. This is the largest(most concrete) and most power producing dam in the USA. Enough concrete to pave a two lane highway around the entire world twice! We stayed for the laser light show at 10pm. Forgot how awesome this place is.
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Murphjd25 said:
God bless America. Forgot I wanted to share some pictures of Grand Coulee Dam. We stopped and stayed a night in the trailer on the way back from a wedding in the Spokane area. This is the largest(most concrete) and most power producing dam in the USA. Enough concrete to pave a two lane highway around the entire world twice! We stayed for the laser light show at 10pm. Forgot how awesome this place is.
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Cool.

The Tallest: Oroville Dam
The Longest: Cochiti Dam
The Largest by Lake Volume: Hoover Dam
The Most Powerful: Grand Coulee Dam
 
XtianAus said:
So I am an absolute noob at sharpening. So I bought a work Sharp Precision Adjust.
I am thinking of picking up an fallkniven F1 but have no idea how/if I can/is it any different to sharpen convex on a system?
Any tips would be appreciated!
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I don't think any of the angle guided setups can keep the convex edge profile.

You're either going to settle for having a secondary microbevel, or learn how to freehand a convex edge (sandpaper and a mousepad or phone book).

Can also load the mousepad/phone book with a stropping compound (or use a belt strop) to maintain a fine edge. The good news is once you get used to the pressure/angles for freehanding a convex edge, you can bring along a section of your favorite grit sandpaper for edge maintenance in the field, by laying it on your thigh (as the base, instead of the mousepad/phone book). Weighs next to nothing.
 
XtianAus said:
So I am an absolute noob at sharpening. So I bought a work Sharp Precision Adjust.
I am thinking of picking up an fallkniven F1 but have no idea how/if I can/is it any different to sharpen convex on a system?
Any tips would be appreciated!
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The worksharp Ken onion with the grinding attachment will give you a convex edge but it’s not guided and can have a learning curve. Also you have to take heat into consideration when using it.
 
Mendoman said:
The worksharp Ken onion with the grinding attachment will give you a convex edge but it’s not guided and can have a learning curve. Also you have to take heat into consideration when using it.
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Please do not put a Ken Onion worksharp on one of my knives. I think it will burn the edge. Save that for knives that are heat treated with a high temper. it is not a good choice for the low temp tweaks, particularly on an abrasion resistant steel like 3V. You're going to get too much heat on a system like that for my knives.
 
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