S45VN

[Razor]

I just bought a Medford knife in S45VN steel. It was not very sharp to be new. I brought out the diamond stone and it seem like they would hardly touch this steel. Is S45VN that hard to sharpen? Boy, he must really run then a high RH. I colored the edge with a sharpie and the stones are removing the mark. It is the hardest steel I have tried to sharpen.

 

[kobold]

weird. nothing is a problem for diamonds but my tungsten blade IME.

 

[lex2006]

You are probably sharpening ok , s45 does not form much of a noticeable burr

 

[Another Shepherd]

I just got a new Spartan Blades Pallas with S45VN, 59-61 RHC. Sharpness out of the box was in the BESS 300 to 400 range. The bevel is 24 degrees on one side, 28 on the other. Starting on the 24 degree side, I set the TSProf Kadet to 24 degrees. Using the 150 grit TSProf plate, it took about 3 minutes to get a burr along the straight part of the blade.