Super polished edges

Steel_Drake said:
Cry me a river Josh! How about an edge bevel that is ~3/16" wide for most of the blade length?

Thankfully I only did that ONCE on that knife, and it was done freehand so it didn't take my entire natural life.
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lol NICE work man! Bet it cuts like a demon too =)
 
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Nfd538 said:
The LC took about an hour on the Edge Pro with Shapton glass stones: 320, 500, 1000, 4000, 6000. Id like the 8k and 16k.
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turned out great!!! yeah the 16k is sweet! straight razor level!
 
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razor-edge-knives said:
Hey Curtis. Well the way I had it mounted already increased the angle at the tip slightly. I was limited in mounting options w/ the gen 3 vise, more so than the gen 2 (couldn't tilt as much, and limited gripping area) and I had it 'maxed out' as far as straight mounting in the vise. But to answer your question, yes I could have lessened the tip metal removal by using a different mounting option but I wanted this pretty close to 16 dps along the whole length of the edge. The tip is just ridiculously thick on this one so it just never would have cut as well otherwise, and now it can be fully maintained on the sharpmaker =)
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Cool, thanks. (I knew that you know this, so figured it would help to know the reason).
 
Question for you guys: I was emailing with Ben Dale (owner/inventor of Edge Pro) and he told me the Shapton 8k I got from Chefknoivestogo.com (before talking with him) doesn't wear but also doesn't cut well, just fills up with filings & slurry, clogging it quickly AND it's really only equivalent to his 1K grit stone. He says his stones wear away properly, thus exposes new,fresh grit, thus will always cut well (better) because of that. Does this match the experiences you've had with the Shapton 8k? I got kind of bummed out & now feel like I need to get his 4k Edge Pro stone to get a stone that wears & cuts & refines correctly/better and will actually give me finer results than the Shapton 8K AND his 2K, 4K & 6K polishing tapes. Your thoughts? :confused:
 
Scrim said:
Question for you guys: I was emailing with Ben Dale (owner/inventor of Edge Pro) and he told me the Shapton 8k I got from Chefknoivestogo.com (before talking with him) doesn't wear but also doesn't cut well, just fills up with filings & slurry, clogging it quickly AND it's really only equivalent to his 1K grit stone. He says his stones wear away properly, thus exposes new,fresh grit, thus will always cut well (better) because of that. Does this match the experiences you've had with the Shapton 8k? I got kind of bummed out & now feel like I need to get his 4k Edge Pro stone to get a stone that wears & cuts & refines correctly/better and will actually give me finer results than the Shapton 8K AND his 2K, 4K & 6K polishing tapes. Your thoughts? :confused:
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I got the EP kit Shapton 320, 500, 1000, 4000 and 6000 those stones put some nice edges on knives.
 
Thanks Nfd538. Just ordered a Chosera 10K hoping that'll give me what I'm looking for. But I am liking the Shapton 8K I recently got. Just used it again (in progression) on my beater ZT 808. I wanted to try to put a mega bevel on it...so I took 12º on the EP for a test drive...



Nfd538 said:
I got the EP kit Shapton 320, 500, 1000, 4000 and 6000 those stones put some nice edges on knives.
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It feels reeeaaally scary (like surgical scalpel) sharp. No micro added. Try it. It took a while but I'm sure glad I did it. :D PS. I did use the EP small knife attachment to help with the low angle. To be honest, I'm curious to see how the S35VN will hold up on such a thin, acute angle with no micro bevel. But damn is this thing sharp.
 
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Scrim said:
It feels reeeaaally scary (like surgical scalpel) sharp. No micro added. Try it. It took a while but I'm sure glad I did it. :D PS. I did use the EP small knife attachment to help with the low angle. To be honest, I'm curious to see how the S35VN will hold up on such a thin, acute angle with no micro bevel. But damn is this thing sharp.
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I don't have the small blade attachment maybe on a larger knife.
 
Scrim said:
Question for you guys: I was emailing with Ben Dale (owner/inventor of Edge Pro) and he told me the Shapton 8k I got from Chefknoivestogo.com (before talking with him) doesn't wear but also doesn't cut well, just fills up with filings & slurry, clogging it quickly AND it's really only equivalent to his 1K grit stone. He says his stones wear away properly, thus exposes new,fresh grit, thus will always cut well (better) because of that. Does this match the experiences you've had with the Shapton 8k? I got kind of bummed out & now feel like I need to get his 4k Edge Pro stone to get a stone that wears & cuts & refines correctly/better and will actually give me finer results than the Shapton 8K AND his 2K, 4K & 6K polishing tapes. Your thoughts? :confused:
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Hmmm... I highly doubt that what he says is correct, especially without seeing any evidence. You could check with Jason B on this one, he has a ton of experience w/ the shapton water stones and I'm sure can give you great advise. You can also check here, Todd uses shapton stones on straight razors. Here is an edge at the shapton glass 8k level with some nice magnification =)

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This one shows an apex width of about 0.15 microns

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Scrim said:
Thanks Nfd538. Just ordered a Chosera 10K hoping that'll give me what I'm looking for. But I am liking the Shapton 8K I recently got. Just used it again (in progression) on my beater ZT 808. I wanted to try to put a mega bevel on it...so I took 12º on the EP for a test drive...
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Dude... WOW that's nice, great job!
 
Nfd538 said:
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Nfd538, sweet edge! I haven't taken on M390 yet. But I'm feeling better about my Shapton Glass 8k now. I'm hoping the Chosera 10k is going to be even (a little) sweeter. I want to be done with the EP polishing tapes!

Josh, Thank you. You're an awesome resource. I appreciate the knowledge, data, pics & the link!
 
Scrim said:
Nfd538, sweet edge! I haven't taken on M390 yet. But I'm feeling better about my Shapton Glass 8k now. I'm hoping the Chosera 10k is going to be even (a little) sweeter. I want to be done with the EP polishing tapes!

Josh, Thank you. You're an awesome resource. I appreciate the knowledge, data, pics & the link!
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Yeah I gave up on the EP tapes. They were decent but cut/ripped to easily. 8k should come out great mine was 6k.
 
Thanks, Bobby. I'm still working with just my Edge Pro stones & polishing tapes, except for my one (newly added) Shapton glass 8k & a green Stop Block (just threw away my EP strop, hated it.) The Chosera 10K is still on its way to me. I'm hoping, after adding in that 10k I'll be able to get as good or better final results with just the stones & strop...so I can finally stop buying the EP polishing tapes. That's my hope anyway. -- Your edges look great. Killer work on the Hinderer wharncliffe.
 
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