Reprofiled my Insingo

[marthinus]

IT TOOK FOREVER! ha ha! but the Insingo is a razor now. 17* per side and a 20* micro bevel.

The edge still had a minor deformation but I sharpened it out after the phone book paper test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Q0COScaV4

Then some fuzziness (The branches had so many damn knots. It was a killer on the hand to get the knife through. Never thought knots in wood could be that hard!):

Chris Reeve Insingo....The knife!

I am away for the weekend so enjoy yours my friends! Will reply after the weekend.

 

[zyhano]

have a good weekend! nice shots. what did you do to get the polished edge?

 

[krazichinaman]

Nice looking edge! What did you reprofile it with?

 

[robot37]

Yeah, I'm curious to see what you used to reprofile that took so long.

I took on the unenviable task of reprofiling a Benchmade Bone Collector with a Sharpmaker once. Damn near made me want to take up drinking. But then I got an EdgePro, and it'll show any of my blades who's boss in under 10 minutes. I swear that the 120 grit stone will eat through Adamantium.

-nate

 

[marthinus]

Hi Guys.

I used my dads 15 year old Lansky set. No diamonds....that is what took so long! As I save up I am buying him new diamond stones (that I end up using as well). His stones are becoming dis-formed and do not think they are the original grit any more.

So I just went through the stones. Longest on the Course stone. No extra course stone but I was bored and watched a movie. So I went through the stones and finished for on a strop with some Brazo (a metal polisher we have locally).

I have a lansky turn box kit that I use to maintain the micro bevel when needed, but mostly the strop is good enough.