S30v RANT!

My one blade in 30 v is on a Leatherman charge. How do I measure the angle of the primary bevel accurately to know if it needs more re-profiling? I struggle to get it as sharp as described also.
 
If your blade doesn't need reprofiling sometimes it's the little wire bead that is left hanging on the edge causing your agita.

Once you remove the burr, and have it about where you need the sharpness to be try doubling your sharpening angling and gently pulling your edge across at that angle until you feel that little leftover wire edge pull off than go back to final stropping.

Whenever I have issues and it's not bc the blade is too thick behind the edge it's usually the wire bead issue hanging around.
 
I tried sharpening my new Spydies last year for a while using my old oil stones, some of which are from the 1940's. I just couldn't get them as sharp as I wanted. First, I had to admit I was an ignorant moron when it came to sharpening the new fangled steels. I then did some reading and was trying to decide to go with the mini belt sander sharpener or the Spydie Sharpmaker. My reading led me to the conclusion that a moron such as myself probably shouldn't be around any type of belt sander as other people had cooked their blades or had taken too much material off.

The Sharpmaker is the ticket, I use it to keep my knives super sharp. You have to be patient though. 5 passes on each side with a blade that is butter knife dull just won't do it. I mostly use light strokes on the fine stones to clean up my edges. I have the UF stones but the fine stones get the blades sharp enough to jump hair off of my arm so I don't really use the UF stones. I thought about a strop but decided that for my needs it just wouldn't really make much difference.

All that being said I've been thinking that getting the diamond or ruby stones wouldn't hurt to have around to possibly re-profile a blade or two. The Sharpmaker is idiot/moron proof and even I can make it work. I sharpen almost everyone's knives in my family with it. Even my Mother's kitchen knives. For the price and ease of use I'm not sure a better sharpener can be had;)
 
We be bumping an old thread but I will add this one piece of advice that seems to apply to the OP. This doesn't sound that helpful and it isn't 100% true but it really helped me improve my ability. I was told long ago that if you are having a hard time getting a knife as sharp as the rest and you start to wonder if it is you or the steel that it is definitely you and not the steel. I had to remind myself this a couple of years ago when S110V came out. When you are having trouble it isn't usually the steel or the stones but rather the technique.
 
A few years ago, I had a Military in S30V that was prone to chipping. I don't know if it was the heat-treat or just a characteristic of the steel. I haven't had anything else in that steel until last week, when I got a Manix2 XL. I'm curious to see how it holds up.
 
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