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took out the khuks this morning, lined them up, small to large, it's not that many. started with the smallest, a sgt khadka special (is that a bilton?) with the metal scabbard and red velvet - kinda sharp, so i filled in the handle imperfections with super glue, set it aside for a bit, did some work on another horn handled model, a small grs, basically felt for sharpness around the buttcap, sanded it off, the repolished the horn with 2000 grit wetted with water, and then buffed with a stiff sponge - smooth and shinier than just 2000 grit, went back to the small guy, and did same thing.
cleaned up some kardas - hve been trying to put edges on them, wow, it's hard to do that, they are so fat. still, they are a touch sharper than just a crude wire edge.
next the large grs - dull as a post, and had rust, but the price? man, what a steal. rusty steel is sanded, a bunch, i probably do another round later, and wet sand to 2000, but i DID buy this to be a user as well as the smaller grs, and the whole point of making sharp today was to go out and chop some tree and clear some walking paths. cheated and went to high grit right away, for some time. went up to 400 for some time, and working out the obvious rough spots, aiming to get a polished convex edge (two layers of dense foam about 1/4 inch total gorilla glued to an oak block and imperial wet/dry auto sandpaper)... going along good, and slip. ow. disbelief :> cut my thumb, on the outside edge. good inch. hey, knife is sharp. ooh, blood! fortunately, i've done this before, both the sharpening, and the reactions to save myself *some*what as opposed to cutting off the whole thumb. not too deep. is seeping well, that's good, get any dust out. hold under faucet for a bit, clean it up, pressure point to close it, neosporin (experiment) on bandaid, wrap, second bandaid to hold that on, and voila! no blood. stupid me. i DO know better, but this is a new technique (mousepad-convex). live and learn. in a bit, i'll go back to cleaning up that edge, and go try it out. probably, i'll be working on this edge for a few more hours, slowly and carefully - my mistake was thinking i had the reflexed honed (hah) and was speeding up. don't rush - as they say in motorcycling - PACE - take it easy.... don't ride beyond the limits. in this case, i am not a super fast sharpening machine.
did try stropping with green compound the kardas - nearly mirror polished they are
i'll have to goto the auto parts store soon and get more paper, especially more 150, 200, and 400, that stuff goes fast when working on the super dull.
*sucking thumb stump*
bladite
cleaned up some kardas - hve been trying to put edges on them, wow, it's hard to do that, they are so fat. still, they are a touch sharper than just a crude wire edge.
next the large grs - dull as a post, and had rust, but the price? man, what a steal. rusty steel is sanded, a bunch, i probably do another round later, and wet sand to 2000, but i DID buy this to be a user as well as the smaller grs, and the whole point of making sharp today was to go out and chop some tree and clear some walking paths. cheated and went to high grit right away, for some time. went up to 400 for some time, and working out the obvious rough spots, aiming to get a polished convex edge (two layers of dense foam about 1/4 inch total gorilla glued to an oak block and imperial wet/dry auto sandpaper)... going along good, and slip. ow. disbelief :> cut my thumb, on the outside edge. good inch. hey, knife is sharp. ooh, blood! fortunately, i've done this before, both the sharpening, and the reactions to save myself *some*what as opposed to cutting off the whole thumb. not too deep. is seeping well, that's good, get any dust out. hold under faucet for a bit, clean it up, pressure point to close it, neosporin (experiment) on bandaid, wrap, second bandaid to hold that on, and voila! no blood. stupid me. i DO know better, but this is a new technique (mousepad-convex). live and learn. in a bit, i'll go back to cleaning up that edge, and go try it out. probably, i'll be working on this edge for a few more hours, slowly and carefully - my mistake was thinking i had the reflexed honed (hah) and was speeding up. don't rush - as they say in motorcycling - PACE - take it easy.... don't ride beyond the limits. in this case, i am not a super fast sharpening machine.
did try stropping with green compound the kardas - nearly mirror polished they are
i'll have to goto the auto parts store soon and get more paper, especially more 150, 200, and 400, that stuff goes fast when working on the super dull.
*sucking thumb stump*
bladite
