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Sharpening trouble
- Thread starter Pr3inar
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The plan, 2nd edition
1: Cut into the stone (knife 90 degrees to the stone) from heel to tip
2: mark the bevel with sharpie
3: work one side of the bevel on the sharpmaker at 30 deg with the coarse DMT until I hit the whole bevel, from shoulder to apex, and a burr forms from heel to tip
4: work the other side the same way, until both bevels are flat and meeting in an apex
5: continue with SM at 40 deg, with fine DMT, medium-, fine- and UF SM-stone in alternating fashion
6: strop on belt
1: Cut into the stone (knife 90 degrees to the stone) from heel to tip
2: mark the bevel with sharpie
3: work one side of the bevel on the sharpmaker at 30 deg with the coarse DMT until I hit the whole bevel, from shoulder to apex, and a burr forms from heel to tip
4: work the other side the same way, until both bevels are flat and meeting in an apex
5: continue with SM at 40 deg, with fine DMT, medium-, fine- and UF SM-stone in alternating fashion
6: strop on belt
Sounds like a plan. The Sharpie will disappear accordingly in step 3.
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Be very careful at that step. The more passes you make, the more opportunity for error to creep back into the process, and you might find yourself back in the same boat with a rounded apex. Doing it in a series of grits will additionally compound the opportunity for error. Microbevels are usually best applied in an absolute minimum of strokes, to keep the apex as crisp as possible.
David
Btw, I had to let the 4 get some air today, and since my wife just shakes her head when I say I want to go to the woods, make a fire and cook something outside I have to share it with someone else instead.. 
The 4 also reflects some light at some places along the edge, but after making some kindle, a skewer for the meat and some whittling while waiting for the food to cook, it still shaves hair. So that just leaves me with a lot of work on the izula, 3 and candiru, I dont think I have to rebevel the 4
The 4 also reflects some light at some places along the edge, but after making some kindle, a skewer for the meat and some whittling while waiting for the food to cook, it still shaves hair. So that just leaves me with a lot of work on the izula, 3 and candiru, I dont think I have to rebevel the 4
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That's along the lines I was thinking. Very light, and frequently check how the edge is performing (paper cutting, etc), perhaps even after each pass.
David
Update: the izula and the candiru needs a LOT of work.. The 3 only needed to take one side down to 30 deg, and then microbevel. The result wasnt as pretty as anything I've seen here, like mirror polish, but I did manage to split a hair with it, so I think I'm happy with that
Edit: pic taken with iphone, this was the best I could fo. You can see some of the shavings on the hair, but some fell off. And it was not freehanging, so still not supersharp, but I figure its sharp enough to make some skewers and feathersticks..
Edit: pic taken with iphone, this was the best I could fo. You can see some of the shavings on the hair, but some fell off. And it was not freehanging, so still not supersharp, but I figure its sharp enough to make some skewers and feathersticks..