Send me some ugly Fiddlebacks

Tim the Wizard

Tim the Wizard

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I brought some new tools in this week - full size Naniwa waterstones and a diamond plate.

Most of you know I am terrible at sharpening, so this is an opportunity for you to get an even worse finish and edge!

Waterstones leave a hazy finish on a knife, and they can also identify high and low spots in a grind. This is an example of what a finish may look like on a good day: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mkxTVXWg2...Cuc/eo_in6XmjoQ/s1600/IMG_20131209_143400.jpg

Good candidate knives would be Fiddlebacks that have seen honest work and can't get much uglier. Scandi blades would be best aligned to work with the stones, but i'll work with any of them. Sending hollow-grinds would be ill-advised.

I will accept 5 Fiddleback-Family knives from members of this forum and all you have to do is claim space below and send it to me. One knife per member. The work and return will be free of charge, with the caveat that I will be learning on your knives and will probably devalue them.
 
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Well..... I have a convex ASP that could use some fine touches or a ZT that needs reprofiing. Do either qualify?

Bill
 
Are they ugly? If so, yes. I'm not looking to mirror polish a pristine blade. I'm rubbing them on rocks you see.
 
I know you will be good for one, varga49 varga49 . I am enjoying the stones quite a lot working on my own blades.

On the edgepro you can cut an edge and you can cut a bevel behind the edge to thin it out, however, over the life of a blade both the edge and that back bevel will be up against progressively thicker metal, creating a wedge effect. Some of my EDC blades have started to wedge - this will allow me to thin the entire grind and also to play with more convex edge profiles as the movement of my hand will dictate a curve as opposed to a set angle on a fixed jig.
 
;) Came back ready for spreading butter. Or shaving, depends on the need. The new 550 coated blade came came still looking new, coating in tact, but FAR sharper that when it was FOB. If you are still looking for donors, I have a convex FB ASP and a Filipino balisong that I could send along ;)

Bill
 
Bill you can send them my way if you want since no one else has any dull ugly knives. Just you, buddy!
 
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