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Sharpening Becker's or otherwise
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you don't know sharpening until you can put a shaving edge on a ball peen hammer
well, that's what someone was telling me once. while i was sharpening an axe with a found river stone. yup, my axe was sharp. his was not
What did you think of Bottorff's book? I meant to ask earlier.
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the first 5-7 pages are excellent. work has been VERY busy. working weekends too. not much time to read for fun. soon.
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you my friend are very fortunate, it wasn't until about a month ago that I realized just how fortunate I was, now I've worked maybe 1 week since then..
get it while you can, that's for sure.........
take care,
Rob
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Kalamazoo is much nicer, but twice the money. When the delta fails, a kalamazoo will be the repalcement.. For someone on a tight budget, the grizzly 1x42" is a great value.
TLD, Its a flat grinder on the side not a wheel. You would need to modify the machine to put a buffing wheel on the side. You can get a double 8" buffer from HARBOR FRIEGHT for about $50.
I like the convexed secondary bevel on my large fixed, and most my small fixed as well.
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4 ish weeks into a gig now, previously out 5 months, but i got a lot of fun and life stuff done then, so a wah kinda. would prefer more, continuous work though.
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Well, if that's the case, she's gonna win, you will lose.
I came home from work, Lady was there waiting with a beer, a back massage, I got a shower, she kept feeding me beer. Dinner, with beer, movie, with wine, she poured me a nightcap of Jack. Bedtime, I got mauled up
Oh, you will lose, she will win. You can protest all you want, you can fight, kick and scream, but she will win, you will lose, even if she has to fight dirty.
Be wary of women wanting kids and carrying alcohol.
Moose
but what if she doesn't know about the snip snip years ago
or that you put BC in her OJ every morning, and viagra in yours?
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I've given up stones for convex.
Never was I able to get a consistent angle with a stone. Never. Drove me nuts. Especially on curved sections. I just doesn't make mechanical sense.
Now stropping is great for me. I use either a fine nail buffer or leather with compound in it, or a mousepad with fine sandpaper (600-1200 or something).
It's easy and fast to make a convex sharpening pad, or to buy $1 nail buffers at the dollar store. You don't have to entirely round out the V edge on the first go. Just do a few passes that will polish the edge and shoulder the first time, and keep at it each time you re-sharpen. Eventually entire edge will be convex. It's ridiculously easy, especially if you have no patience. The entire idea of trying to reproduce a rigid mechanical sharpening system's result freehand is nuts to me.
My BK2 is convexing. My BK11, my two Kershaw folders, and my Boker EDC. It's just so much easier. My kitchen knives which have no secondary bevel get the steel, but none of my packing knives do anymore.
Furthermore, it's easy to do in the field too!
I wrapped some craft foam on my stainless water bottle to insulate it and glued a strip of 1000grit we/dry across the seam. BAM - instant strop, and on a cylindrical surface it works great on recurved blades too.
-Daizee
Never was I able to get a consistent angle with a stone. Never. Drove me nuts. Especially on curved sections. I just doesn't make mechanical sense.
Now stropping is great for me. I use either a fine nail buffer or leather with compound in it, or a mousepad with fine sandpaper (600-1200 or something).
It's easy and fast to make a convex sharpening pad, or to buy $1 nail buffers at the dollar store. You don't have to entirely round out the V edge on the first go. Just do a few passes that will polish the edge and shoulder the first time, and keep at it each time you re-sharpen. Eventually entire edge will be convex. It's ridiculously easy, especially if you have no patience. The entire idea of trying to reproduce a rigid mechanical sharpening system's result freehand is nuts to me.
My BK2 is convexing. My BK11, my two Kershaw folders, and my Boker EDC. It's just so much easier. My kitchen knives which have no secondary bevel get the steel, but none of my packing knives do anymore.
Furthermore, it's easy to do in the field too!
I wrapped some craft foam on my stainless water bottle to insulate it and glued a strip of 1000grit we/dry across the seam. BAM - instant strop, and on a cylindrical surface it works great on recurved blades too.
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is this tactical craft foam? does it come in OD and camo patterns? i don't think i've seen this listed at cabellas or ninjamallsupply dot coms mmm guess i'll have to google for that
definitely a good idea
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What is that all over the sheath?
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looks like a leather boot over the stock sheath with maybe some compound on it..
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exactamundo. Actually it's just screwed to one side, it doesn't enclose the entire thing.
I just use what I've got around.
Leather, No. 7 rubbing compound.
multi-grit Nail buffs (I got those from a "friend" - yeah, that's the ticket).
Old foam mousepad, wet/dry fine-grit sandpaper.
water bottle, craft foam, wet/dry again.
leather, leftover wood bits, more No. 7.
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The 8" Diamond stones are great. I got them for working on straight razors and to smooth norton stones.
I also got a pack from a popular woodworking site on clearance, medium, fine and extra-extra fine in 6" in a nice wooden box. I have the diafolds and like them too, as well as the sharpmaker.
It's interesting to hear about sharpening on a belt sander. I am building a belt grinder to make my own knives, and have seen people take a Harbor Freight belt sander, turn it on it's side and use it to sharpen knives.
edit: just read the second page.
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The nail buffer thing has got me a lot closer, but now I can't seem to get the BK2 to shaving sharpness. Not really sure what the problem is. Can you get it that sharp with a lower grit, like say 400? Or do you have to go up to a crazy high grit to get that hair popping sharpness?
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you don't know sharpening until you can put a shaving edge on a ball peen hammer
Well..... its not a ball peen but its a pretty thick edge and it does way more than shave, it can whittle a hair. Challenging would be an understatement but fortunately I'm stubborn
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