What did you sharpen today?

Sharpened my Pat Crawford One Hand Folder, went to try it on my arm hair but there weren't any, just a tiny little note from the hairs saying,"We're tired and scared of you always chopping us down, we're leaving, and don't come looking for us. Respectfully, Your Arm Hairs"

I have a sneaking suspicion they migrated south, if you know what I mean.;)

Now that's sharp.:D
 
I just sharpened two small fixed blades that I made from 5160 and 52100 carbon steel. One with Ebony scales and one with Teak scales.
 
I was trying to cut some small strips of lint free cloth for cleaning my rifle and noticed the Meerkat wasn't cutting as easily and cleanly as I would have liked. A few minutes on the white rods of the Sharpmaker and then a bit of stropping on some thick cardboard and now I have a nice bald patch on my arm. :)

Cloth cuts nicely too!
 
I took a bit more time on 72 inches of sword edge. It's a Windlass repro that came through with a rebated edge. I've had it file sharp for a long time and have been spending a few minutes, here and there, blending the bevels with stones. It's best described as an early rapier (yes, some rapiers were sharp and this one will cut paper).

Swords that come to me sharp have stayed that way, with a little work ;)

Cheers

GC
 
Just got done fine tuning the Laredo Bowie for tomorrows demo at the club.

I had it razored, then decided on the dark stones for more of a light toothy edge.

Didn't like that much testing it on some clothing, so went back with the fine ceramics and put it back to razor again.

Decisions, desicions. Guess I'll leave it razored and the clip a little toothy.

Brownie
 
Toothsome can be a good thing.

We were doing a bit of whittling on empty 2-litre bottles last weekend. Most of the sword edges were a lttle toothy. The smoothest edge was on a katana, which did prove to be handiest on swinging bundles of hose.

Speed seems to play the biggest role. Something about the philosophy of velocity.
Mass does come into play.

Cheers

GC
 
Apparently my reputation in the family for being a very good sharpener has gotten around. My sister and her husband and daughters were in town for Thanksgiving, and I was invited to join them in their oceanfront timeshare condo. They got me just before I left from my house and asked if I could bring stuff to sharpen a couple of their kitchen knives. One was a medium-sized chef's knife (Wustof or something like that? Nice feel to it.) and the other was a cheap-ish wooden-handled boning knife. Each of them was ready to shave hair after just a little time on a DMT Dia-sharp (had to really get some metal off, 'cause these knives were beat to sh*t before I got to 'em) and then a bit on the Spyderco Ceramic Whetstone.

I usually linger so long when sharpening my own knives, I was surprised at how quickly I got these two done, and I really did get the burr off each one, as satisfactorily as I would have demanded of myself for any of my own knives. It was a good Thanksgiving. :)

---Jeffrey
 
When this thread was started I didn´t had much to say, but I´ve had a cute little Schrade LB3 for a while that I had only touched up the factory edge on crock stiks and wasn´t too happy with it, so over the weekend I took it out and reprofiled it to a 15 degree primary edge and a small 20 degree secondary edge.

I used my home made inclined plane jig to lay the hones on, started with a medium DMT, then a fine one, then a natural Washita for a nice smooth primary edge, I did the secondary edge with an extra fine ceramic hone, then just a few passes on a strop.

Now it´s sharp.
 
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