Sharpening S90v blades more efficently?

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Hey y'all, I am looking at increasing my batch sizes and don't love the idea of stoning 10-20 knives a day.

I have been working with S30v quite a bit lately and have been "roughing" the edge in on a belt then finishing on diamond stone. I am pleased with the results but would like to find a more efficient way to go about it on a more demanding steel.

I know this isn't a steel that sharpens easily and I want to send them out to the customers very sharp so they don't have to touch up before use. I love getting the emails and text messages about the knives I ship being the sharpest the customer has ever received.

Are you starting on a belt (ceramic?) then finishing on diamond wheel? I am willing to spend a little bit of money to get set up with a more efficient method.
 
I have a s110v v spyderco pm2. I think they are simular . I bevel on the grinder with a 220 then 400 - 800 belts. Then a minute or 2 on diamonds followed by a spyderco grey bench stone then stropped. I realy like the spyderco stones because they cut almost as good as diamonds but feel like your on a stone It's quick and easy and works on all my super steels .
 
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You may have more input in the “maintenance, tinkering, ..... “ sub forum. There are guys there that have a lot of good experience.
 
I've just recently workrw with s30v and 4v. I set the edge with a 120 ceramic, then norax belts in 65, and 30. Finish by stropping with a leather belt on the grinder loaded with green chrome compound.
 
I'd strongly suggest to have a look at Nathan's belt sharpening setup. He does all under coolant, very quickly
Minimal stoning after this process would be very quick
here is the video of Nathan's setup
[video=youtube;u0Iu_EEyEIU]
 
stezann said:
I'd strongly suggest to have a look at Nathan's belt sharpening setup. He does all under coolant, very quickly
Minimal stoning after this process would be very quick
here is the video of Nathan's setup
[video=youtube;u0Iu_EEyEIU]
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Thanks so much for that clip. I haven't seen that method before and really like it.

Looks like I'll have some work to do!
 
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