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I decided to test a sharpening experiment on two BM AFCK which were dulled badly. I used the Spyderco sharpmaker for both of them.
First
On this one I used the directions as stated with the strokes and alternating ceramic rods so that both sided of the blade were sharpened. I used this process for 20 strokes. After I was done I had a great edge, razor sharp and ready to go. All in all I was very happy with the results. Keep in mind this means that there were 80 strokes per blade side after switching stones and all, 160 strokes all together.
Second
This knife is where I decided to see what would happen if I only sharpened one side of the blade. I figured if is was bad I could just start over
So i did the same thing
just with only one side of the blade. As with the other one this knife had a razor sharp result.
After examining them both closly and using some round the house test I must say that the edge on knife number two seems to be far sharper than the edge onknife number one.
Is this a bad sharpening technique ? Does anyone have any pro's or con's for me. Thanks
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First
On this one I used the directions as stated with the strokes and alternating ceramic rods so that both sided of the blade were sharpened. I used this process for 20 strokes. After I was done I had a great edge, razor sharp and ready to go. All in all I was very happy with the results. Keep in mind this means that there were 80 strokes per blade side after switching stones and all, 160 strokes all together.
Second
This knife is where I decided to see what would happen if I only sharpened one side of the blade. I figured if is was bad I could just start over
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just with only one side of the blade. As with the other one this knife had a razor sharp result.
After examining them both closly and using some round the house test I must say that the edge on knife number two seems to be far sharper than the edge onknife number one.
Is this a bad sharpening technique ? Does anyone have any pro's or con's for me. Thanks
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All of God's Critters may have knives, but most of them are Benchmade Knives