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Moosez45 said:
Yeah, that's why I said a step down from feral stones. Given my druthers, I would take the feral stone everytime.

Moose
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Sorry Moose my comment was meant to be in agreeance, when I re-read it sounded kinda funny.

Added some pictures of my setup. sure is ugly but very functional. That small tan stone fits in an Altoids tin so it usually rides with the 9 until I need to touch something up. I mostly use the strop though. the only time i use the larger stone if if I get a small chip or if I am convexing.
 
Moosez45 said:
... And after I heard where and how Lansky got started, I got rid of all my Lansky stuff, and moved on.
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Can you tell more about it please ? (Tried to google with no results) Anything with the Vegas Lansky ?
 
Can you point me to where I can read what you've heard about Lansky?

Moosez45 said:
KME blows Lansky out of the water. And after I heard where and how Lansky got started, I got rid of all my Lansky stuff, and moved on. Its not important, but there are better products out there.

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Moose
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stifa said:
Can you tell more about it please ? (Tried to google with no results) Anything with the Vegas Lansky ?
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I'll leave it off the open forums.

I don't think it has to do with the Vegas Lansky.

Email incoming.

Moose
 
Got back from Gander Mountain. Their selection wasn't the greatest. Ended up getting one of those pocket retractable diamond sharpeners. I've been messing around with it and it puts a nice edge on the blade. To clean the blade up after the diamond rod I just used an extra fine sanding sponge.

Unfortunately I scratched my blade on the tip when figuring it out. I guess I can polish that out with sand paper.
 
Spyderco Sharpmaker works great, and for around $50, you just can't go wrong! If you get the diamond stones, it will become the perfect set. Its very easy to use and very easy to get a good working edge quickly!

-orangish ducktape
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shit i just use a plain ol arkansas stone with some good honing oil and a gatco burnishing rod.i can(and have)shave my face with mine afterward
 
Really trying to get good at sharpening lately, freehand only, been putting sharpie on the edges to get feedback. Muscle memory, train hands to repeat angle, repeat, repeat.

800/4000 waterstone, just says japan on it, coarse/fine DMT duofold, 10 inch lansky ceramic rod...I've been experimenting with different combinations -

coarse DMT
800 stone
fine DMT
4000 stone
ceramic

The duofold is small, but good for field work, I just break the big blades down into zones.

What I find interesting is when I go to test sharpness, I both cut (mainly slice, not push) through newsprint and shave hair on my leg and sometimes a knife will cut poorly through the print but shave well, and other times the opposite happens, what the hell is going on?
 
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I have a Smith tri-stone with two diamond perf sides and one arkansas side. I don't use the natural stone at all.
It took some practice, but now I sharpen entirely freehand. Coarse, then fine. Skip the rest. I now also have a long ez-lap steel/diamond 'stone' plate thing for setting initial edges. Then it gets the coarse and fine.

For maintenance, once the knife HAS an edge bevel, I just hit it with the fine a couple swipes, then strop it on a nail buffer a couple times and it's good.
Most of the time it just gets the nail buffer.

I think more than two steps for most folks is overkill. All you're doing is successively polishing that tiny bevel - it has SO LITTLE surface area, that you get enough abrasive and pressure to dodge most of the in-between grits.

As for the guys with the hair/newsprint problem, you may be experiencing a toothy edge, which will snag hair nicely sometimes, but cause trouble in newsprint. Or maybe it's the other way around...

-Daizee
 
Moosez45 said:
KME sharpeners. Best guide system around.

Made in the USA 100% and for a fairly reasonable price. Sharpens everything from 2" blade to a 9" blade. I been using it for a year, and I won't have anything else.

I also have a myriad of Norton stones as well, but he KME gets used so much more.

Moose
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I took at look at those... They look super... Do you have the regular or diamond set...or both?.....
Thanks for the heads up...


Doc

PS

I would like to read about the lansky story...I was about to sink some coin into those.... Email is available

Thanks
 
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Doc_Savage said:
I took at look at those... They look super... Do you have the regular or diamond set...or both?.....
Thanks for the heads up...


Doc

PS

I would like to read about the lansky story...I was about to sink some coin into those.... Email is available

Thanks
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I have both. Email sent Doc.

Moose
 
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