Super polished edges

[NORTHWEST_KNIFE_GUY]

 

[REK Knives]

Tip took forever on this thing but it's whittling hair sure enough!

 

[tomsch]

That is dead-nuts sexy! ^^

 

[Scrim]

Agreedˆˆ – Josh, pretty damn awesome my friend.

 

[Scrim]

First new edge in a while...

 

[REK Knives]

First new edge in a while...

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awesome work dude, always love checking out your work! Thanks for keeping this thread alive =) what grit are you taking your edges down to these days?

Same as you... been swamped but these are the first few mirrored edges I've done in a while, thank God, they took forever lol.

 

[Scrim]

Thanks, Josh. I go to an 8K Shapton these days, then back to & through the Edge Pro 2, 3 & 6K tapes burnishing the hell out of the secondary with each of the tapes (on Edge Pro glass blanks). This seems to give me my best results. Then, only sometimes as it's really not necessary, a strop or two down to a final .25 micron diamond paste, suede side strop with an ultra-light touch. After the tapes I'm really good to go most times. --- Your work looks amazing, as always...sheer perfection. And the way you master the transition of the tanto, uniformly awesome. I'm (of course) liking the black background and jewel tones (and B&W text) of the NERDS box to make the pics/edges really pop. Killer stuff, sir. And yes, we must keep this thread alive. It's a small testament to the time & effort put in to achieve these awesome edges. Hoping even more guys will continue to chime in and post some recent work! -- This thread devoted to "A HIGHER LEVEL BEVEL"™ © EdgeNuts, Inc. Maybe the world needs an Edge-Nuts podcast? Hell, I'd listen!

 

[Scrim]

Made time to work on one I've wanted to put a proper edge on for a while now. Love this knife...

 

[Bobadilla004]

Pro tip: Don't take your knives to a gun show for sharpening. They will remove too much material.

I got myself a Wicked Edge and did this after learning my lesson.

 

[REK Knives]

Pro tip: Don't take your knives to a gun show for sharpening. They will remove too much material.

I got myself a Wicked Edge and did this after learning my lesson.

great tip! too bad you had to learn through experience, but don't we all? lol. Looks great! You may need to grind in a small sharpening choil to prevent the recurve action from getting worse over time.

 

[halden.doerge]

Overdue. A couple of recent ones for the thread:

 

[REK Knives]

Love koenigs, they are killer knives for the $$!

 

[halden.doerge]

Love koenigs, they are killer knives for the $$!

Yeah, they really do some incredible work. Great in every dimension, which really is a unique thing.

 

[Bobadilla004]

great tip! too bad you had to learn through experience, but don't we all? lol. Looks great! You may need to grind in a small sharpening choil to prevent the recurve action from getting worse over time.

I took your advice and added a sharpening choil to a knife. I think that once I get some more practice, I’ll do it to all of my Spydercos.

 

[REK Knives]

I took your advice and added a sharpening choil to a knife. I think that once I get some more practice, I’ll do it to all of my Spydercos.

I like how you did that... not deep enough to snag on anything. Nice job

 

[CarbonMicarta]

XM18 3.5 19dps@0.5micron

 

[kreisler]

taken from my review post.
0.1micron, by hand. am not totally happy with the result but at least it is very consistent (and a pro could easily add 2 straight-forward steps without setbacks without throwbacks).

 

[Scrim]

20CV at a pretty acute angle. Curious how it'll hold up.

 

[REK Knives]

20CV at a pretty acute angle. Curious how it'll hold up.View attachment 1031815

I use my 20cv kitchen knife at 11-12 dps with a 14 micro and it has held up well with a polished edge... Keep us posted!

 

[Scrim]

I don't own a caliper but this blade feels so thinly ground, it felt like I was just adding an 18º microbevel.