What Did You Sharpen Today?

777 Edge said:
Very interesting! It seems Venev uses different grit rating depending on where it's sold. Thanks for the pics and info.
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I am guessing they will mark whatever the customer wants on them. The OSB resin stones actually start at the 700 grit stone but only the 2500 and 5000 are marked with it. But hey, they were $30 each so I can deal with wonky grit ratings.
 
I sharpened four knives today, three Hinderers and a Sandrin. The Fulltrack and Project X were just dull. The Eclipse is new but not too sharp. In measuring the angle of the edge, I found it to be about 34 degrees per side. I reprofiled the edge down to 25 degrees per side.

As far as the Sandrin, it was dull and scored a BESS of 450. I tried following the recommendations on their web site, but the edge got super chippy and I only ended up at a BESS of 350. Not dull, but not where I wanted to be. If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to hear them.

I got a BESS of around 200 on all of the Hinderers which is about where I wanted to be for a long-lasting working edge.

Also, I thought I was taking photos with my USB microscope, It was making the camera sound. But no photos showed up on my iPad, which sux.

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This is the Eclipse after reprofiling to 25 degrees. I should have taken a photo of the edge angle of 34 degrees before reprofiling, but I didn't.
 
jnaught said:
Had to sharpen a pair of scissors last night, so decided to go ahead and refresh a few other blades:
These two stones did most of the work. I did most of the kitchen knives on the Norton India and a strop just to see how good an edge the basic setup could give. Used the Arctic Fox for the pocket knives.
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Fine india/artic fox, which to you prefer? Would you recommend one over the other?
 
P_A_S_1 said:
Fine india/artic fox, which to you prefer? Would you recommend one over the other?
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Bang-for-your-buck would be the India. It is about $25 from the big river and does a great job. I like it a lot. Plus it has a coarse side if you have some major repairs to do.

But the Arctic Fox is hands-down my favorite all-around stone. It cuts faster than the fine india and leaves a much cleaner, finer finish. It isn't pre-soaked in oil, so it works well with water, and barely wears at all. Hundreds of blades have been sharpened on it, and I've only flattened it once or twice at most. It really is the "if I could only have one stone" stone. It and any improvised strop will make an edge good enough for anything but your whiskers. Additional perks: it's American made and designed/sold by a small business and fellow forum member. But it is more than twice as much as the India, and shipping pushes it up a good bit further.

So, on a budget? Get the India and you'll be happy. It's good.
Don't mind spending on sharpening stones? Get the Fox. Grab an American Mutt while you're there and paying for shipping rocks. It's an excellent coarse stone.


Edit to add: it looks like the $25 is for the 6" India. The 8" which I have is around $30.
 
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jnaught said:
Bang-for-your-buck would be the India. It is about $25 from the big river and does a great job. I like it a lot. Plus it has a coarse side if you have some major repairs to do.

But the Arctic Fox is hands-down my favorite all-around stone. It cuts faster than the fine india and leaves a much cleaner, finer finish. It isn't pre-soaked in oil, so it works well with water, and barely wears at all. Hundreds of blades have been sharpened on it, and I've only flattened it once or twice at most. It really is the "if I could only have one stone" stone. It and any improvised strop will make an edge good enough for anything but your whiskers. Additional perks: it's American made and designed/sold by a small business and fellow forum member. But it is more than twice as much as the India, and shipping pushes it up a good bit further.

So, on a budget? Get the India and you'll be happy. It's good.
Don't mind spending on sharpening stones? Get the Fox. Grab an American Mutt while you're there and paying for shipping rocks. It's an excellent coarse stone.


Edit to add: it looks like the $25 is for the 6" India. The 8" which I have is around $30.Thanks for the feedback. I like india stones, use a medium and a hard arkansas and like that combo. Was considering something in-between.
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Thanks for the feedback. I like india stones, use a medium india and a hard ark. and I like that combo. More of a curiosity then a necessity but I been looking at the AF along with some other stones, appreciate you insight.
 
Got a new knife today and as expected, factory edge is thick and dull.
So spent an hour with diamonds and got it to about 17° or 18°, and gave it a 9 micron finish.

Before
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After
https://imgur.com/3dBZH8g
https://imgur.com/3iXaZZr

I will be getting a smaller clamp to get lower angles, mainly my shirogorov, the 31 may stay here, I'll see how it cuts and make adjustments.
 
Jeeeen! said:
Got a new knife today and as expected, factory edge is thick and dull.
So spent an hour with diamonds and got it to about 17° or 18°, and gave it a 9 micron finish.

Before
https://imgur.com/dUdXIp7

After
https://imgur.com/3dBZH8g
https://imgur.com/3iXaZZr

I will be getting a smaller clamp to get lower angles, mainly my shirogorov, the 31 may stay here, I'll see how it cuts and make adjustments.
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I think you may be able to invert a part to get a lower angle. I’ll check mine and report back.
 
Today I sharpened 3 kitchen knives

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They were still sharp so I only used a Naniwa Pro 3000 and white compound on leather. I convexed the knife on the bottom with sand paper and coarse stones a couple years ago. It’s not uniform or pretty but does the job.

Yesterday I sharpened 3 Buckels with a Spyderco medium benchstone followed by white compound on leather. The Spyderco medium is pretty damn fast on these low alloy stainless steels. I also like the fact that you can use it dry. No need for a sink or water.

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Today I touched up the edge on my Buck 501 from their custom shop. I am switching over to my Spyderco bench-stones from my Sharpmaker. I probably still get a nicer edge quicker with the Sharpmaker but I really want to learn how to sharpen freehand. The blade is S30v steel so it is not too hard to get a nice edge with ceramics.

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For once, I’m posting on the day I sharpen! Go me! My mother left a Chicago Cutlery paring knife in my sharpening area for me. A few quick coarse stone passes to get nicks out of the edge, then on to the water stone for 400 grit and 1000 grit work. And then on to a couple of my pocket knives.
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Fun one today. I got this Civivi "Dessert Warrior" Elementum as a XMas present for my wife. Reprofiled from factory 24° to 17°. Sharpening: Tormek T-8 and CBN wheels 160/400/1000/4000 (Japanese wheel). Honing: Work Sharp with blade grinder attachment, leather belts (1 micron, .5 micron, Tormek compound).

 
Quick refresh to the edge on my most carried knife for the past couple months. Just a few swipes on a 1000 grit super vitrified diamond stone and a few more swipes on a strop loaded with 1 micron diamond. That's been my edge maintenance routine for this knife. Today I dressed the diamond stone (I do this maybe once a year) and cleaned the metal buildup off my strop and refreshed it with some fresh diamond spray.

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I wanted to re-profile this 154CM blade from 20+ coarse degrees per side to a more refined 17. It was too cold to work outdoors, so I grabbed Atoma diamond plates, lubed with bottled water and either dish soap or lanolin, I can't remember which.

I was going to start with a very worn 140, but the 2 3/4" blade is pretty thin at the edge, so I started with a 400 grit plate. It took less than ten strokes per side to re-set the bevels, and left a uniform scratch pattern. I finished up with Atoma 600 and 1200 plates. Wow, those stones are fast as heck! Very quickly cleaning up scratches from the previous grit, and leaving very clean bevels.

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