Spyderco triangle sharpmaker help

[MtnHawk1]

Sharp is good but my knife edges don't cut their best unless they are also thin. Obviously thin edges cut better than thick edges (you don't see many thick razor blades or scalpels). Factory edges that are sharp does not automatically mean they are thin. I always relief grind new knives to be sure they are thin at the edge and behind the edge, making sure the edges don't roll or chip with use, of course.

The usual instructions for diamond abrasives are to use light pressure. Also, "coarse" abrasives are usually around 120 grit. Neither light pressure or ~120 grit removes metal fast enough for me. Maybe some people don't mind taking more time than necessary to grind away metal but I have better things to do.

 

[me2]

You know you're in the sharpening section of a knife forum, right?

Why do people obsess over the sharpness of their blades?

Does anyone have any experience using them in a real world situation? Hunting (animal or human)?

 

[me2]

I tried that for a while, but the Sharpmaker stones aren't well suited to polishing the entire bevel.

I set my jig at 15* and 20* off vertical to match the Sharpmaker.

 

[kreisler]

the Sharpmaker stones aren't well suited to polishing the entire bevel.

unless you do 204-freehanding

 

[tiguy7]

My jig uses 2 1/2" X 11 1/2" X 1/2" Silicon Carbide and Al2O3 stones. I also have 2"X8" Diamond "stones" that drop on the same jig.

 

[me2]

unless you do 204-freehanding

Holding the angle isn't the issue. The stones cut slowly & load quickly.

 

[kreisler]

The stones cut slowly & load quickly.

Yeah, true. One can 99.5% avoid the loading, if you preload the ceramic surface with oil. Just disperse a few oil droplets with your finger across the ceramic surface, then do the sharpening/grinding. For mirror polishing, or deburring, i prefer a dry oilfree ceramic surface, then yes true the surface will load eventually. One cannot get a mirror result if the stone (natural stone, or ceramic stone) is oiled, because the abraded floating metal micro particles would produce a hazy finish, the opposite of mirror.

I use back'n forth grinding movements at high frequency to make up for the slow cutting speed. For polishing something small like blade bevels or a metal pocket clip, the speed is okay imho.

Ah, never mind.

 

[Centuriator]

Has anyone purchased the ultra-fine ceramic rods and how do you like them?

 

[marchone]

Has anyone purchased the ultra-fine ceramic rods and how do you like them?

I bought them and like them very much. When I work a blade down to the UF rods I usually forego using a strop to finish.

In fact I got every rod they make. It’s a good system.

 

[Centuriator]

Thanks, good to know.

 

[me2]

I often stop at the medium rods but I'm interested in the UF rods an how they work.

 

[tommytman]

Thanks everyone,
Can someone point me to where I can get diamond plates that can clip onto the sharpmaker triangle stones? I’m looking to try finer diamond than the SM diamond triangles.