VIDEO: Sharpening the Endura 4 ZDP-189 On the Edge Pro

Thanks Jim. I've been wondering about your technique with the edge pro. I saw a couple of things I can improve on. This video no doubt will help me get even sharper knives. :thumbup:
 
I generally use water very liberally, so much that the slurry runs off. I can also see that your "edges" are much closer to the edge of the Stand itself

I'm going to modify how I sharpen a little more and see what works best. Thank you!
 
Not bad :thumbup: but 17 minutes for a touch up ;):p:D
 
CrimsonTideShooter said:
Thanks Jim. I've been wondering about your technique with the edge pro. I saw a couple of things I can improve on. This video no doubt will help me get even sharper knives. :thumbup:
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It's alittle different than what most people do I guess.

xtestifyx said:
I generally use water very liberally, so much that the slurry runs off. I can also see that your "edges" are much closer to the edge of the Stand itself

I'm going to modify how I sharpen a little more and see what works best. Thank you!
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Thanks. :)

knifenut1013 said:
Not bad :thumbup: but 17 minutes for a touch up ;):p:D
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The edge was pretty torn up from the rope cutting and cardboard that I did and some other stuff so I had to remove all of that. Usually I would start at 1000 grit then back to the tapes.
 
That was a very fruitful video and showed me that it's well overdue for me to flatten my stones, as I don't get anywhere NEAR that much slurry on my 600 and 1000 grit stones, which might explain why it takes me half an hour to do the same thing:eek:.
 
Very nice, thanks. My Apex Edge Pro is arriving next week, and I bought it watching the edges on your knives. So consider yourself responsible :D

How do you sharpen Benchmade 710? Do you have to remove the thumbstuds to sharpen the blade?
 
mihaun said:
Very nice, thanks. My Apex Edge Pro is arriving next week, and I bought it watching the edges on your knives. So consider yourself responsible :D

How do you sharpen Benchmade 710? Do you have to remove the thumbstuds to sharpen the blade?
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Thats a good question. I have come across some knives with thumb studs and irregularly shaped blades that made it almost impossible to use the Edge Pro Apex effectively. For those I usually resort to another sharpener (Wicked Edge, Lansky, Sharpmaker etc.)
 
Ankerson said:
I have, but there is really no need. :)
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Ok. The reason I ask is because on both my S90V para2 and the M4 gayle Bradley that were sharpened at 30 inclusive, after some use both had little micro-chips in the blade that were visible at 60x magnification.

The s90 actually had the little chips there right after I took it off the edge pro. What do you think caused that? Are these steels too brittle to hold and edge that acute?
 
CrimsonTideShooter said:
Ok. The reason I ask is because on both my S90V para2 and the M4 gayle Bradley that were sharpened at 30 inclusive, after some use both had little micro-chips in the blade that were visible at 60x magnification.

The s90 actually had the little chips there right after I took it off the edge pro. What do you think caused that? Are these steels too brittle to hold and edge that acute?
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That's weird... :confused:
 
Nice shot downwards!

Jim, have you had to replace stones yet?
I find a bit of wear on the 120, but I'm doing a lot of initial bevels right now
but the others don't seem to show much wear.

G2
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Nice shot downwards!

Jim, have you had to replace stones yet?
I find a bit of wear on the 120, but I'm doing a lot of initial bevels right now
but the others don't seem to show much wear.

G2
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I have gone through:

3 x 120
1 x 220
2 x 320
1 x 600

But I have sharpened a lot of knives.
 
Not too bad at all, I have an extra 120, thought that'd be a smart one to have on hand
and just ordered the 1/2" wide set and also an extra 220 and 320 for my spares :)

It's becoming a habit ;)
G2
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Not too bad at all, I have an extra 120, thought that'd be a smart one to have on hand
and just ordered the 1/2" wide set and also an extra 220 and 320 for my spares :)

It's becoming a habit ;)
G2
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Not bad really, I found that keeping them in water all the time really helps keeping them from wearing out too fast. :thumbup:

Had some dude try and tell me he can get his blades just as sharp on a Sharpmaker with UF rods as I can with the EP.... ROFL :rolleyes:
 
I have always prided myself on my ability to sharpen a knife free hand,
just seemed to come natural, but pride comes before a fall is a real truism ;)
On getting and LEARNING the EdgePro, I concede my blades, while sharp
they were not truly as sharp as they could be over all. They are now MUCH sharper!!

You can get a knife quite keen with the sharpmaker but with Ultra Fine rods
it will need to be in pretty good shape to begin with.

I'll still use a small pocket hone, a Fallkniven DC4, has diamond back and ceramic front
very handy size, also my Spyderco Profiles too on trips when I don't have the EP with me.

G2
 
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