a spontaneous touch-up session. accidentally stumbled upon this ol' 5$ CN fruit knife in a forgotten drawer (
reunion brings joy), removed some rust-like crusts from the blade faces with Barkeepersfriend, tested the sharpness (could cut phone paper okay), and was in the mood of touching it up. the flatness of my
modded 302UF was more suitable for the task than my RRS, so i went ahead and created burr and deburred, all on the 302UF (see various marks on the stone):
a matter of 3min. i was actually surprised how well the stone removed the burr, by
swallowing it: one couldn't hear the burr scratching on the ceramic, instead i could feel the drag of the knife getting less and less. no subsequent stropping needed, so i didn't strop. i also appreciate the highly visible
fine grayish marks left behind from the sharpening session, they are visual helpers from the first to the last second on the stone, i.e. during burr creation and burr removal. 1 sheet of toilet paper w/ Barkeepersfriend (plus a drop of water) cleaned up the grayish marks 100%, a complete white reset.
now the blade breezes quietly
thru thinnest paper like a razor. great stone, i should use it more often.