Hey guys, new to the forum here although I've used this forum for general blade help for years now. I've just recently gotten into really sharpening my blades and getting a mirror polish and I'm running into some issues that I just can't find information on the web about, I was hoping you guys would be able to help me here.
So I've always been able to get a very sharp edge. I've used the Lansky angle system, sharpmaker, worksharp, and the edge pro. Always been able to get a very sharp knife with these systems. Recently, I got into leather stropping and really getting a mirror polish on my blades. Two knives I'm currently working with are my Spyderco Para 3, and a Benchmade 940-2.
Right now I've got several leather strops and use diamond lapping paste consisting of 5 micron down to .5, also tried using the leather strop on the edge pro system and get these same results.
So here's my issue:
After awhile of stropping, I tend to test my blades throughout the process, check the sharpness and look at the edge to see how close to a mirror edge I'm getting. After working my way down to the .5 micron paste on a leather strop, the edge will be looking beautiful. I decide to continue to get it looking even better, at this point, I start to notice tiny scratches on the edge when I hold it at a certain angle. I mean, it's pretty noticeable too, but only from a certain angle. I seem to have degraded that mirror polish, and when I try the phonebook paper cut test, it'll be razor sharp when held at a certain angle, but other angles it'll rub against the paper and kind of skip across it, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
I was wondering what might be causing this, and if you guys have run into this before? Sorry for the long post, I look forward to seeing what you guys have to say, thanks!
Dozer
So I've always been able to get a very sharp edge. I've used the Lansky angle system, sharpmaker, worksharp, and the edge pro. Always been able to get a very sharp knife with these systems. Recently, I got into leather stropping and really getting a mirror polish on my blades. Two knives I'm currently working with are my Spyderco Para 3, and a Benchmade 940-2.
Right now I've got several leather strops and use diamond lapping paste consisting of 5 micron down to .5, also tried using the leather strop on the edge pro system and get these same results.
So here's my issue:
After awhile of stropping, I tend to test my blades throughout the process, check the sharpness and look at the edge to see how close to a mirror edge I'm getting. After working my way down to the .5 micron paste on a leather strop, the edge will be looking beautiful. I decide to continue to get it looking even better, at this point, I start to notice tiny scratches on the edge when I hold it at a certain angle. I mean, it's pretty noticeable too, but only from a certain angle. I seem to have degraded that mirror polish, and when I try the phonebook paper cut test, it'll be razor sharp when held at a certain angle, but other angles it'll rub against the paper and kind of skip across it, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
I was wondering what might be causing this, and if you guys have run into this before? Sorry for the long post, I look forward to seeing what you guys have to say, thanks!
Dozer
