S110V Creature Runs Amok in Kitchen at least one person seriously pleased

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So talking about old worn out diamond plates :

I busssed out my big O’ DMT 220 / 300 sumsuch. The one I had been putting all my weight on way back in the day (more than five years now, ten ? well a long time ago). I was determined to take some more off my brand new Para 2 S110V. It was ready for some touch up (still cutting well but certainly not anywhere near shave / scrape hair sharp). This is the the edge I had taken from 30 thou behind the edge down to 24 thou a couple weeks ago while sharpening it.

I went all the way today and actually wet the 220 plate. I usually just start in with it dry. Usually on A2. In the past this was about all I ever sharpened on this thing (lots of A2 though) other than lots and lots of stone flattening.

I marked up the whole blade with fresh magic marker. I wanted to go shallow but I wanted warning when I started to get close to the cool Spyderco Spyder. I did not want to mess that up.

With my XHP blade reprofiles and polishing deep scratches out working on a Shapton Pro 120 after thinning the blades on a grinder I was used to it taking for ever and really working on it.

I started in on the DMT plate and was shocked at how fast this diamond plate was literally EATING the S110V it was like a match made in heaven.
Wait a minute I'm on Candid Camera right and some body switched blades out for an unhardened or mild steel thing. This is too easy ! I started looking around for the hidden camera or my real Para2.

In no time I was down to very near the edge (I had reprofiled the side of the thick bevel back to the flat main blade grind of the knife) and I was on to working the other side . . . and . . .

DONE ! Wow that was sweet ! That was fast and easy !

When next I looked I recoiled in horror . . . horror . . . at the devil’s spawn my mania had created.

My hands trembled to hold it. The edge ! MY BOB . . . THE EDGE !

Reprofiled . . . the sides of the knife practically flat ground to the edge practically ground as close as I can get without a powered wheel or belt to hollow grind it.

What HAVE I DONE ! ! !

We are down to 8 thou behind the edge.

I could feel the thing cutting into my flesh from a distance. What do they call it ? . . . telekinesis?

I told myself to stop, stop now and destroy it.

I was compelled to go on . . . and go on I did . . .

Now to the 600 grit

now to the 1200 grit . . . it begins to twitch and come to life

I brace myself

NOW, NOW, NOW . . . THE 8,000

AND SUDDENLY

IT . . . IS . . . ALIVE ! ! ! !

It is whittling hair . . . it is cutting curls off the edge of paper . . . it is cutting curls off my finger nails ! ! !

Some one take this weapon of ultimate mass construction from my hands.

It is too much. Much, too, much, too much, too much.

(I like it)

PS: no diamond plates were harmed in the making of this horror show. They have all had a nice shower and are relaxing in their lair under the kitchen cabinet.
PPS: time will tell whether the hazel nuts will fall out or not.
 
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Insipid Moniker said:
We need some pics all up in here.
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Well yah ! ! !
O wait PhotoSquatOnIt has put a stop to all fun. Fun will no longer be tolerated.
Any suggestions where to get back up ?
PS: going to eat dinner and a movie any minute so may be a while.

Or you could just visualize one of Jason's wonderful recreations and Ankerson's hollow ground Para 2 S110V magic wand.
Then scratch it up some and unpolished it some and make it less pretty in general.
There.
Now you got it without a photo.
:) :( :)
 
For me yesterday was a heavy knife day at work. Of course I was carrying the newly reprofiled little purple monster.
Pallet straps; the yellow ones that feel like they may have some sort of abrasive fiber in them. I cut quite a few of these. Some of them I came at full edge across full width of the strap; I figured this was a bad idea but just went for it. (seemed like it might be particularly abrasive to the edge is what I am getting at).
Trimming hard rubber.
Cut up rubber coated cloth.
Cut up corrugated cardboard boxes.
Food and easy stuff.

time will tell whether the hazel nuts will fall out or not.
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There are zero chips or rough spots (carbide fall out etc.) zero rolls or flat spots.
Granted I am not attempting to cut bamboo chop sticks or pencils in half.

And there was a surprising bonus and part of the reason I reprofiled this little purple monster to da max :
Still easily shave sharp, both directions, shave sharp for the entire length of the edge. . . oh yes . . . very pleasingly shave sharp ! ! !

OhYahBaby :cool:
 
Those yellow pallet straps are tough (ish) and cutting them from the broad side, with the whole edge touching them is probably the hardest on the edge. This would round or roll the edge on a lot of lesser steels for sure. It's really cool that your new creation held up to this so well. Fun stuff . :)

Brian.
 
bgentry said:
Those yellow pallet straps are tough (ish) and cutting them from the broad side, with the whole edge touching them is probably the hardest on the edge. This would round or roll the edge on a lot of lesser steels for sure. It's really cool that your new creation held up to this so well. Fun stuff . :)

Brian.
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Yes listening to these people on the forums and putting it all together to tune these better knives is paying off.
Thanks BF PEOPLE !
 
Chris "Anagarika" said:
Wowbagger,

I have bad imagination. Picture please .... I want to see how thin you brought it down ...
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Any sugjestions who to use for a photo app?
Really though if you picture the main sides of the knife coming all the way down to the edge then very slightly convexing the last three or four millimeters you have it.

PS: it isn't so much how it looks and it may be difficult to even capture it with my limited ability. What counts is the actual thinness right behind the edge which is now 8 thousandths of an inch 0.008" (0.2 mm) and very shallow sharpening bevel; I'm guessing now probably 12° per side.
 
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