Super sharp

[AVigil]

Hey, close this thread quickly. Paper wheels are a religious topic and don't belong on this subforum.

That said, there's nothing new or remarkable about paper wheels. They have their place, as do all sharpening methods. Here's a good read on sharpening. Really good. PhD level type scientific data, not just a bunch of people spouting their unfounded beliefs about how they're right and you're wrong.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...j1AYFAa_Q&sig2=QXKbMt2Wc2BU-D44SKyK8g&cad=rja

People should read the conclusions of that study

 

[Andy Lewis]

People should read the conclusions of that study

^^My conclusion too Adam. Sets a desire again to back up into the paper's methodology and general discussion. I have been through all this before but find new treasure each time (this round it was the mechanism by which smooth steels work so well if used properly, even on high-hardness steels, and, after the last read, how smooth clean leather is clearly ineffective at removing the bur formed during previous operations).

While I'm of the opinion that the typical fine polished edges produced in Verhoeven's work here are not always optimal for a given application (e.g. chopping), it is interesting to see a head-to-head comparative approach toward achieving them with such a wide range of sharpening media and machines. A lot of helpful detail in there presented with objective evidence. A high standard of "pics or it never happened" has been offered.

Also good to see the general agreement on overlap between this work and that of John Juranitch, Brent Beach, etc. Credibility on this topic is hard won. All these guys did their best to remove the human factor from their conclusions. Kind of ironic though, considering that in the end, it is the human factor alone that leads to appropriate edges. Not the media. Not the machine.