Spyderco, Gareth Bull, Burger knives pipe and other cutting videos

[marthinus]

My EDC rotation on 3mm pipe

[video=youtube;YgNHmH1A7QQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgNHmH1A7QQ[/video]

Para2 on 1cm threaded pipe

[video=youtube;K96JQ0uUppo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96JQ0uUppo[/video]

Gayle Bradley on all the pipes I could find.

[video=youtube;mh27qO9UyiQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh27qO9UyiQ[/video]

Gareth Bull

[video=youtube;M-yAzZ5L2o8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-yAzZ5L2o8[/video]

I know it is not very informative, nor do I really talk on any videos, but what else is there to say, all of them perform well and all are great knives.

 

[MVF]

Good videos, thanks! Do you have a favorite? Also, how do you sharpen them (they seem to cut VERY well) - angles, final grit, etc.?

 

[marthinus]

Good videos, thanks! Do you have a favorite? Also, how do you sharpen them (they seem to cut VERY well) - angles, final grit, etc.?

Hi MVF, thanks for the kind words.

I favor the Gareth Bull folder the most. Light, very nice cutter and with RWL-34 it is a fine knife.

I freehand sharpen all my knives to around 10-12 degrees per side. It naturally gets a bit of a convex edge to it. I polish the edges up to the Spyderco Ceramic UF stone and depending on the steel either put a 15degree micro bevel with 600grit diamond or 1000grit ceramic if I feel like it, or I just want to touch up the edge with a micro bevel to safe some time.

Though I estimate angles I really cant be specific, afters years of practice I just have a natural sharpening method on the stones these days.

Spending a lot of time on site I have 3 main stones I carry with me or leave at the main site. 600grit diamond, 1000grit ceramic and the Spyderco UF. The leather strop with white and green compound.