Successfully created a butter knife

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Sharperthansticks

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The last time I sharpened my M4 Manix 2, i *slightly* rounded the tip, so I decided tonight to try to use my WSKO + blade grinder attachment to fix the damage. Well, 30 minutes later, I successfully created a butter knife. Mother!@#$%!!!!
 
I ordered a jeweler's loupe and will try again once that arrives. Besides raising the burr on the coarsest sandpaper, I can't tell when to progress from one grit to the next; I am hoping that jeweler's loupe is going to solve that problem and the sharpening problem with it.
 
Sharperthansticks said:
You need picture proof that my knife no longer cuts? Pffft. Well, it no longer cuts paper at all. Maybe it will cut a soft carrot or a cooked potato.
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I was just poking at ya. You never heard anyone say they did something spectacular or screwed up and made a random thread without much to do or follow through and people say, "threads aren't any good without pictures"?
 
Sharperthansticks said:
The last time I sharpened my M4 Manix 2, i *slightly* rounded the tip, so I decided tonight to try to use my WSKO + blade grinder attachment to fix the damage. Well, 30 minutes later, I successfully created a butter knife. Mother!@#$%!!!!
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I had a few such experiences when younger with a lansky.
Let the frustration subside, get some advice, and perhaps send the manix out for repair.
You cant put lost m4 back on a blade,I dont care who you are.

Russ
 
Can't be any worse than one of my buddies. He dulled his Leatherman to the point where it wouldn't cut any more. Literally no longer cut, I tried cutting paper, no luck. Put it on the table and tried again with a lot of force, I creased the paper. Tried it with a note card thinking I could use most of my weight and make it cut. Nope I made a nice crease though

Butter knife was sharper.

If you made it that dull, go grab a cold beverage of your choice and a nice meal and prepare for a long night fixing it. Otherwise we've probably have all been there and it might be better to hone your skills on a lower wear resistant steel for a little while that. Go back to this one with your new found d skills
 
At least one person focused on the slightly rounded tip. Remember that that happened in a previous sharpening that was reasonably successful -- and it didn't happen for the reason that you probably think it happened, meaning that you probably think it happened because the tip slipped off the belt of the Work Sharp. That's not what happened; I'm using the WSKTO with the blade grinding attachment; I have poor dexterity, though, so my hands shake a little, and by the time the tip is on the belt, the pressure and angle tend to be substantially different than what they were as the heel went by the belt. After a significant amount of practice and using two hands, this is still somewhat of an issue.

As for the main problem that I posted about -- making a butter knife out of my Manix 2 in M4 -- like I said, I ordered a jeweler's loupe so that I can see clearly just where I am in the sharpening progression; I'm hoping this will help, since, until now, I've been guessing (after the first grit raises the burr).
 
I didn't say the knife slipped off the belt -- you don't have to have it slip in order for it to round the tip. Just going past the center line is enough. As far as the edge, try looking at it edge up under bright light. If there are any shining spots on the edge, it's dull there and needs more work in that spot. If grinding at a thinner angle than you're at already, check the grinding marks on the bevel and see how far away they are from the edge. It'll give you an idea of how much more grinding you'll need to do to hit the apex. The more grinding you do, the more familiar with the removal rate of your various belts on your particular machine and will be able to gauge it better without having to develop a large burr.
 
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