Sharpening Shirogorovs

[BluegrassBrian]

The Shirogorov full flat grind is, in my mind, one of the best production FFG blades on the market.

Ive been using my F95 at work a bit so last night I decided to sharpen it up.
It's an Elmax blade..my first Elmax knife in over a year.

Using my EP Apex with Shapton stones I set the primary bevel at 18° with a 25° microbevel.
Took it up to 4k and I was pleased with the results.
After I Nano-stopped it (1 micron HA spray), it was push slicing PB paper silently and cleanly.

I love when a knife does that.

Anyone else have a preferred edge angle/stone combo for their Shiros?

 

[REK Knives]

nice knife and great job on the edge!

 

[BluegrassBrian]

nice knife and great job on the edge!

A real compliment coming from you Josh.

I'm still learning (aren't we all) about the intricacies involved with edges, bevels, angles, and material.

 

[anvil_den]

Great.. I'm gonna reprofile mine a bit after reading this.
But it's an S90v F95 which I have been keeping at ~17dps so far but I have never really been satisfied with that.