Sharpening Sunday

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Bearzilla911

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Took some time to do some sharpening today because it’s a perfect Sunday for that! I sharpened a Civivi Cogent in S35VN, a generic Ganzo field knife (don’t remember the name) with 9CR14, and a H&K Snody in 154CM. Ran through Shapton rockstar 2000 grit , Sharpening Supplies 3000/8000 grit. Ice bear 10,000 grit.

What did you guys sharpen today?

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didn't really sharpen anything today, but I did drag out the King water stones and touched up some Japanese kitchen knives.
 
I count touching up something as a sharpening👍🏻. My first water stone sharpening stone was a king 1000/6000 about 25 years ago. I still have it and it still works well.
 
Rainy cold day - CRKT Stiff KISS, Puma Huntec 2, Buck 106 axe, working on a USGI Pilots Survival knife-80's era
 
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About a week ago, stropped my most used folders (Magnacut Native (factory edge), Chaparral (factory edge), Stretch 2XL Cruwear (factory edge), Rex 45 Native Chief (micro-convex), S90V CF Native (factory edge), Spy27 Native (micro-convex)) and kitchen knives (Elmax, 3V and CPM 154, all full convex). Started with BRKT white compound, had a couple of knives where that wasn't enough, switched to one micron DMT diapaste, and finished with half micron DMT diaspray. There were no chips or rolls, so it was a breeze to bring them all up to shaving sharpness using only leather.
 
How does the diamond spray compare to the paste? I use TechDiamond Tools 50,000 grit paste. My intuition says that the diamond spray wouldn’t cover the surface area with the same concentration, but again I’ve never used it, and some things aren’t intuitive.
 
I do not like pastes, I have tried more than 1 brand and grit - too much paste not enough grit
I have tried several brands of spray - too oily or too much other residue of some type and not enough grit

CPK shmoo - blend of grits - dries - zero film residue, just grit and it works - the best I have tried, several passes on strop makes a mirror, just a few passes to remove the most nagging burrs

Just my experiences and opinions
 
Bearzilla911 said:
How does the diamond spray compare to the paste? I use TechDiamond Tools 50,000 grit paste. My intuition says that the diamond spray wouldn’t cover the surface area with the same concentration, but again I’ve never used it, and some things aren’t intuitive.
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The paste is more substantial, visible, and the spray is invisible, but they both work. No idea about the technical details, other that i think they are polycristalline? I ran out of every diapaste, so I think I will do some research what to get next for my strops.
 
I've been using these nanohone strops and I'm having excellent results. They are def a lot different than using a leather strop. It feels more like a rod or steel feels, but flat like a bench stone. Great for touch ups. Any of ya'll tried em? (btw their 70 micron coarse stone is the tits.. thing really chews)
 
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