Super polished edges

razor-edge-knives said:
I don't do a ton of mirrored edges any more, just one here or there. But recently I had 3 to knock out, here is one of them!

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You, uhm, got a little facet there where it goes from the edge to the tanto tip... :D

Holy smokes, that's clean.
 
WICOUNSEL said:
Looks good with a polished edge. Always like your work.

One of my favorite knives, had mine in my pocket today.
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It really does carry fantastically. It was my only knife for the last two weeks when on vacation. I liked it even more than I was expecting to.
 
razor-edge-knives said:
Mostly it's just taking a lot of time and being methodical, there are multiple approaches to getting a super polished edges as demonstrated by others above. I use lapping film down to 3um, then strops to .25um, alternating directions to make sure the prior scratches are completely gone =)
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Fantastic work as always Josh!

Just curious, but do you use balsa, leather or kangaroo strops?
 
halden.doerge said:
Bet that took some time!
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Actually it only took about an hour with most of the time being used changing grinding and strop belts. I did it on a Reeder 2x72 with a modified Reeder knife jig. I used the platen as opposed to using the slack belt area on the top of the grinder so I would have a "V" edge rather than a convex. Set the initial 20° per side with a 3M Trizact 80 grit followed by 180, 280, 360, 600, 1000, and 2000. Finished at 18° per side with leather strop belt charged with green chromium oxide followed with pink "scratchless" compound. Apologizes for my poor photographic skills compared to your many beautiful knife images...
 
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