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30-45 minutes including putting an edge on it. DMT XX Course works a lot faster than grip tape stuck to a wooden block, which is how I did the same thing to my first Native.
 
Knice! I gotta get me one of those stones. Even witht the W6C, it still took FOREVER just the thin the edge on my D4.

if only I was willing to get into disassembly and re-riveting. I'd love to put a mirror polish on that S30V blade.
 
That is just plain scary looking! (but in a good way :D) Glad that XX Coarse is working well for you.
 
So...you want to do a passaround with that one? :) I'd want to be on the list.

Thanks for sharing the pic and nice work!
 
Wow, looks like alot of work, what angle is the flat grind on that and the micro bevel around?
 
I did that to my Native over the course of a couple years. Every time it got sharpened, I simply lay the hollow grind flat on a cheap generic coarse stone as if it were a Scandi grind, and go at it for five minutes or so.

It was taken down pretty close to a zero grind, allowing for quick touch ups.

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dczippo said:
So...you want to do a passaround with that one? :) I'd want to be on the list.

Thanks for sharing the pic and nice work!
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If enough people are interested I'll do one. I could include another regrind as well.
 
I used a 120 grit belt on my old Buck hollow ground blade. The flat grind isnt as even as yours, but after being sharpened for about 15 years, it needed to be thinned out. It's now 0.003" behind the edge, and cuts like mad. The grinds are fugly though, and I havent figured out how to get that last little hollow out at the plunge grind/choil area.
 
That's very impressive. :thumbup: How did you hold it flat and steady to keep the grind line so straight and clean?
 
Thats just nasty (nice) vivi. It looks like you kept the tip close to the original geometry, it looks strong. I always break tips.. . . usually being stupid, but hey. . . . . Looks great.
 
I've gotten in the habit of lifting up early on my stroke so I keep the tips thick. I like being able to dig around in wood without much concern.

Resinguy: It's not very difficult. I just secured my DMT stone well, then used slow motions keeping the edge perpendicular to my stroke. Once I got used to the feel I started working faster, doing 2 or 3 strokes a second. It'd probably be even straighter if I didn't hurry so much. :)
 
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