Taming some insanely hard D2.

[Sword and Shield]

I got a Queen 44 today in the mail, and the thing is dull as a butterknife. It's laughing at my Lansky, my 204 and my stones. Now what? My next thought is just sandpaper (120, 220, 400 and so on) and time, but are there any other ways to thin this thing?

 

[wetdog1911]

Waterstones?

If not, the wet dry sandpaper used wet will work. Just start with a low enough grit. D2 is hard stuff.

Rob

 

[yuzuha]

My Queen whittler was pretty obtuse too, but I don't remember having any problems sharpening it. Can't remember for sure but I think I reprofiled it on a DMT plate and then finished it off on waterstones. Since then all I've done is touch it up on the waterstones.

 

[Cliff Stamp]

Get a cheap x-coarse stone from a hardware stone, it will regrind the edge easily, just lean into it hard, a high quality silicon carbide waterstone will be faster still.

-Cliff

 

[Sword and Shield]

I dug out one of my coarse waterstones, now to see if I can flatten it again and make it work.

 

[WadeF]

The D2 steel on my Queen slip joint seemed to be the hardest steel to sharpen out of anything I've worked with. It seemed to take forever even with my Edgepro with aluminum oxide stones. I wonder what hardness Queen runs their D2.

 

[Sword and Shield]

It has to be 60ish. I've never had one just not respond, but my Queens are quite obstinate.