what is "sharp"

Yea Dave, translation...use a leather strop on your razor blades:D..because a Tru Hone knife sharpening machine can change the angles of the sharpened edge, especially on thin blades; and can cause burrs and/or broken edges.
 
Interesting information...one thing that caught my eye was that micro burs (not to be confused with micro-brews) reduced pull cut effectiveness (as in shaving) but helped with saw-cut (as in almost every other knife use) so it supports that a shaving edge is more for show than real use. My grandfather always called a stone sharpened knife as having a "meat" edge.

As for the rest of the article Dave...you are on your own there brother...
 
ya know i wandered what a micro brew had to do wit sharp.....

so use the razer strop...
one of my secrets is i have tungston rod, that i took a diamond stick and put micro scratches on leanth wise and use it as a steel when i was cutting meat...
and used a high voltage ceramic fuse caseing for all other frishening up ...
other then meat that high an edge would be like takeing a 10 lb hammer to drive a tack...
 
CJ Buck said:
My grandfather always called a stone sharpened knife as having a "meat" edge.

As for the rest of the article Dave...you are on your own there brother...
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I know CJ is a busy man, but I would love for him to state what his grandfather meant by"meat" edge. If CJ is too busy, could somebody else tell me what that means, or venture a guess?

Thanks!
 
:cool:...I think CJ was referring to a more "toothy" edge Silverdagger...It's kina why an S30V blade cuts better when sharpened with slightly rougher stone versus the extra fine stones...:D
 
CJ Buck said:
Interesting information...one thing that caught my eye was that micro burs (not to be confused with micro-brews) reduced pull cut effectiveness (as in shaving) but helped with saw-cut (as in almost every other knife use) so it supports that a shaving edge is more for show than real use. My grandfather always called a stone sharpened knife as having a "meat" edge.

As for the rest of the article Dave...you are on your own there brother...
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Your grandfather is a man after my own heart. I've used a stone to sharpen my knives since I was a kid... still use one today.

 
Thank you Hawkeye -- I knew that the rubber bucky would be going to a fellow buck brother, and it needed to be sharp. ;)

It would be interesting to understand those there micro burs -- pictures anyone?

However, if it cuts the way you like it for what you need... well there you go!
 
:cool:...woody..."mini-serrations" might be a better descriptive of what CJ was talking about...They help with the "sliceability" ( new word...:p ) of the blade...:)
 
DarrylS said:
:cool:...woody..."mini-serrations" might be a better descriptive of what CJ was talking about...They help with the "sliceability" ( new word...:p ) of the blade...:)
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That makes sense... I should have checked the initial link from Dave, there were pictures there... :foot:

The discussion about Japenese water stones was interesting... may have to try those.
 
bear in mind that there's more to the measurement of sharpness in this experiment than edge smoothness. Edge angle and adge thickness both play a role.

If you want the micro serrated edge for that tootieness in draw cutting, I would suggest taking the egde to a shaving, push cutting smoothness on the strops first so you get the thin cutting edge thickness, then following up by a few very very light reverse strokes on an 8000 waterstone.

I was also looking into two other factors the author of this experiment brings to my own imagination.

The report writes that natural leather with no compound did "little" to smooth ou the edge, and that it lacked "enough" natural abrasive to have a "large" impact on the blade smoothness after the water stones. However, he did not mention whether or noth that little bit was enough to be noticeable aftetr stropping with the compound laden leather strop...

Also, as a note of curiosity, could light acid or etching compound be used in the leather as an ultrafine strop alternative to abrasives? Maybe some ferric chloride as a stropping compound after the abrasive strop, then rinse the blade and finally strop with clean leather?
 
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