Sharpening the 3V and Protecting that JRE Sheath!

Daniel Koster said:
Great thread, Talfuchre!

I wish I could take the time to put a finish like that on mine. Maybe I will on the next time around...but the pricing will start at $200 !! :eek: :p


How about "Save $80 by polishing yourself" for a thread title? :D :p


Seriously, though - great tips/tricks thread. And thanks for the pics!

Dan
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My Gen 1 is pretty much mirror polish just due to continued sharpening with the sandpaper.

I agree with Talfachure that that is the way to go.

On a recent hiking trip I actually had a tiny bit of the tip break off the knife and using the 400 grit to start I was actually able to restore and resharpen the tip in about 20 minutes.:thumbup:
 
Talfuchre said:
I lead with the portion of the blade closest to the handle and then push to the tip. Do a search on Youtube for Ray Mears sharpening a blade and follow his tecnique.

TF
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You push just like Ray does? I always thought you were supposed to pull like you would with a strop, edge trailing. You don't have any problem with cutting through the sand paper or do you make sure to tape it down tight?
 
I picked up a piece of glass today from Kohl's hardware, not Kohl's department store and look forward to trying this out on a Mora first. I'll post how it went doing the edge leading stokes. With my convex sharpening efforts, I always use edge trailing but this seems a bit different.
 
Initial impression is that leading with the edge works just fine in this method. I'm still on my first grit, but it seems to be working.
 
Okay, I guess I used more of at Greenpetes (blade leading then trailing without picking up from the sandpaper):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIvyPxyVKQc (starting at 7:29)

sharpening approach than just the Ray Mears (edge leading only)(reference my previous posts link), but here is the result of my first effort.

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You can see that I did not work out all of the scratches on my first effort. My experience suggests that it is the most difficult to get the portion of the edge back by the handle.

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Here is the other side’s bevel. And again you can see that back toward the handle is where I seem to have the most trouble.

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The tip looked a bit better.

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Here are the “reflective” shots.

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Thank you for the instruction and for your patience with all of my questions!
 
Chapman, It looks great. THe tip is harder for me - so I think you have the hard part done.

Work on that back portion - but I think you have it. Did you strop it? If not - take the stiffest leather you have and put some compound on it (black, then green, then pink) - and lightly stop it. Light pressure - REVERSE motion as your sharpening.

Wait until you see THAT edge!

TF
 
I have a strop that is loaded with some "on sale at a truck stop green compound". I did strop it with that stuff. I have some new green and black compounds from Harbor Freight which is much more usable than the other stuff. I have not picked up any pink compound yet. I guess I should start watching for it. :)

In doing the Samari hair test and it is actually trimming my hair. I'm pretty happy with the results.
 
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I don't think you need any pink. I use a JRE Strop Bat loaded with the stuff the sell - or a strop I made with Bark River Black and Green compound.

Try simply getting it right with your green - and then stropping on plain leather - or even some jean material. You will be fine.

TF
 
ChapmanPreferred said:
TF,

Where did you buy the glass? Do you think granite would work well enough?

Thanks,

Doug
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go to lowes or some other big hardware store. Just get a pane of glass. They sell them in all kinds of sizes. I bought a 12x12 sheet or something the other day for a couple dollars.
 
Have any of you used a guide/jig to clamp the blade in order to keep your angle consistent, or have you just practiced enough to keep it consistent "freehand"? I've seen honing guides for chisels, but they would need some serious modification to work with any kind of knife.
 
Bigfattyt said:
go to lowes or some other big hardware store. Just get a pane of glass. They sell them in all kinds of sizes. I bought a 12x12 sheet or something the other day for a couple dollars.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I have already picked up my glass at my locally based chain of hardware stores. My pictures are the result of that glass and some sand paper from Wal-mart. I ran into some temporary work so I snagged it, so not much sharpening this week. |:)
 
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