sharpening busse

230grains said:
No, high quality stones are not cheap, but I don't see the need in spending 100's of dollars on stones when you can pick up a few DMT diamond hones and a strop for 1/3 of the cost and get the same end result. Hair splitting is hair splitting and it's the final result that matters. If you put the effort in, you can get a dull knife to split hair using a cinderblock, a brick and your belt. Stock removed is stock removed.
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Yeah I know, I can do that on my really old Tri-Hone I got for like $40 back in the late 70's. ;)

I used that all the way though when I was in the USMC to sharpen mine and a lot of others knives.
 
Don't even need diamond hones.

I find INFI sharpens up on my inexpensive Norton coarse (never used except on axes)/fine India stone and a soft Arkansas followed by a strop.
 
On the Trihone (coarse/Arkansas/fine on mine) and Arkansas stones, do you pull the knife spine/edge towards you or push away?
In the Boy Scouts fieldbook, on DMT's webpage and elsewhere I see people still teach pushing the edge into the stone/hone.
On what seem some more "sophisticated" sites they mostly teach pulling the spine/edge towards you ie drawing the spine/edge "backwards".
 
I always do edge trailing when stropping/convexing on sandpaper/mousepad and edge away from you on stones.
 
I had to make it sharper today, did some throwing and everytime it'd miss it'd end up blade first in the dirt. By the time I was done it was so dented it looked like a hacksaw blade, no chips though. Cleaned it right up.
 
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