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Yep, I loaned my knife to a buddy for the first, and the last time. Not quite sure what came over me to hand over izzy 10k... but I did. And this is how I got it back...
Kind of looked like he took the knife and whacked it against metal/rock repeating all the way up and down the blade... I don't know what or how he did it but I was PISSED OFF.
Thankfully, this last Christmas I received a very nice and practical gift from my parents.
I will apologize in advance for the somewhat shoddy picture quality... the lighting in my room at school is not very good and my camera is terrible for bad lighting conditions (especially the close up shots)
What you see here is the "Stone Pond" from Lee Valley, and 2 combination Norton stones. Specifically, they are the 220/1000 and 4000/8000 grit.
Anyone interested in this pond.. it can be had for ~$65 CAD and includes the pond, 2 clamps, a glass lapping plate, a plastic laminate and 90x silicon carbide for flattening/lapping your stones. I highly recommend it. It is great for storing your stones so they are always soaked and ready to go!
Anyways... down to business. Since the edge was pretty much a butter-knife, I had to go all the way down to 220 grit to fix this. After about 5 minutes of work it had a usable edge again, already able to fairly easily curl paper.
Then the next 20 minutes was spent working through the 1000 and 4000 grits slowly polishing and getting the bevel nice and true.
My technique for the first 3 stones is:
1) Edge leading strokes, from choil to tip at at ~20 degree angle
2) One side at a time so as to raise a burr
3) Raise burr on other side
4) Start doing alternating strokes per side from 5 down to 1
The final stone polishing comes from the 8000 grit yellow side. It is EXTREMELY soft, and when I first used these stones even the weight of my hands managed to put a few gouges in the stone. Those were quickly lapped away... but this polish really requires a feather touch.
My technique for the polishing stone
1) Move the blade from choil to tip in a continuous motion, and then back again at the same angle as before (This means the first stroke is edge leading, the second (return) stroke is edge trailing)
2) Repeat until entire edge is an even polish
The final step to my sharpen is to hone with a leather strop. I made this one and an identical one for my sister about 8 months ago and it has served me very well. One side uses the green chromium oxide and the other is kept at bare leather.
After about 5 minutes on the strop we have this result.
And here is that "reflection" picture people gush about. Not a good picture but there was a nice mirror image over the whole edge.
Total time taken: 45 minutes
This includes pictures and cutting tests
Normally I wouldn't go all the way to 220 grit, but as you saw the edge was completely ruined.
I learned my lesson though... never lend my knife out again. Or at least, not unless I can see EXACTLY what they will do with it. Izzy 10k can now ride with me again
Thanks for reading and happy sharpening =)
Kind of looked like he took the knife and whacked it against metal/rock repeating all the way up and down the blade... I don't know what or how he did it but I was PISSED OFF.
Thankfully, this last Christmas I received a very nice and practical gift from my parents.
I will apologize in advance for the somewhat shoddy picture quality... the lighting in my room at school is not very good and my camera is terrible for bad lighting conditions (especially the close up shots)
What you see here is the "Stone Pond" from Lee Valley, and 2 combination Norton stones. Specifically, they are the 220/1000 and 4000/8000 grit.
Anyone interested in this pond.. it can be had for ~$65 CAD and includes the pond, 2 clamps, a glass lapping plate, a plastic laminate and 90x silicon carbide for flattening/lapping your stones. I highly recommend it. It is great for storing your stones so they are always soaked and ready to go!
Anyways... down to business. Since the edge was pretty much a butter-knife, I had to go all the way down to 220 grit to fix this. After about 5 minutes of work it had a usable edge again, already able to fairly easily curl paper.
Then the next 20 minutes was spent working through the 1000 and 4000 grits slowly polishing and getting the bevel nice and true.
My technique for the first 3 stones is:
1) Edge leading strokes, from choil to tip at at ~20 degree angle
2) One side at a time so as to raise a burr
3) Raise burr on other side
4) Start doing alternating strokes per side from 5 down to 1
The final stone polishing comes from the 8000 grit yellow side. It is EXTREMELY soft, and when I first used these stones even the weight of my hands managed to put a few gouges in the stone. Those were quickly lapped away... but this polish really requires a feather touch.
My technique for the polishing stone
1) Move the blade from choil to tip in a continuous motion, and then back again at the same angle as before (This means the first stroke is edge leading, the second (return) stroke is edge trailing)
2) Repeat until entire edge is an even polish
The final step to my sharpen is to hone with a leather strop. I made this one and an identical one for my sister about 8 months ago and it has served me very well. One side uses the green chromium oxide and the other is kept at bare leather.
After about 5 minutes on the strop we have this result.
And here is that "reflection" picture people gush about. Not a good picture but there was a nice mirror image over the whole edge.
Total time taken: 45 minutes
This includes pictures and cutting tests
Normally I wouldn't go all the way to 220 grit, but as you saw the edge was completely ruined.
I learned my lesson though... never lend my knife out again. Or at least, not unless I can see EXACTLY what they will do with it. Izzy 10k can now ride with me again
Thanks for reading and happy sharpening =)
plus if u let ur friends borrow it more u might get quicker @ sharpening and have it done in 10 mins lol
