What to do next after DMT XF?

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Ok, so this is what I got after going coarse to extra fine and then stropping using all three of the brkt compounds. I have not ordered my new supplies yet because I lack the funds right now (I'm 15). This knife will effortlessly glide through paper and shave, yet it will not whittle hair, are there any changes in my technique that would allow it to whittle hair without buying more supplies? I know it's possible to get it whittle hair with just the coarse and the fine stones. I know lighter pressure is the key and I tried to not push down. When I resharpen it, I will try using even lighter pressure.
 
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Possibly too much pressure when stropping, the edge might get rounded a bit.

With what you have and better technique, you should be able to whittle hair. Understanding the aspects of pressure, abrasive and their interaction with steel is the key.

You might want to read more the stickies, apex theory thread , balanced strop started by bluntcut, and burr thread by Knifenut1013, using those as guideline to test and improve.
 
The knife being used is not the best test subject and getting a hair splitting edge from a fine diamond hone takes some skill, even hard for me to do. I would be happy with the results described for the tools used.
 
ecfc said:
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Ok, so this is what I got after going coarse to extra fine and then stropping using all three of the brkt compounds. I have not ordered my new supplies yet because I lack the funds right now (I'm 15). This knife will effortlessly glide through paper and shave, yet it will not whittle hair, are there any changes in my technique that would allow it to whittle hair without buying more supplies? I know it's possible to get it whittle hair with just the coarse and the fine stones. I know lighter pressure is the key and I tried to not push down. When I resharpen it, I will try using even lighter pressure.
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Try eliminating the burr from the last stone before moving to the next(and then raising a new burr). I find making 1 stroke per side and repeating that about 3 times ought to do it, also helps to have a piece of wood to cut into. When stropping, be sure to clean the edge(wash with water and wipe with a damp cloth) between compounds to make sure you're not putting the coarse compound onto the finer strop, then finish off with a bare leather strop.

Again, I personally like to finish my stropping with 1 stroke on alternating sides a few times.
 
knifenut1013 said:
The knife being used is not the best test subject and getting a hair splitting edge from a fine diamond hone takes some skill, even hard for me to do. I would be happy with the results described for the tools used.
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Jason,

Shouldn't be the CS AUS8 similar to Spyderco 8Cr steel? I havent't tried my CS XL but I did get Resilience to split hair.

Please elaborate ... I want to learn more ;)
 
I always found 8cr to get sharper and aus8 to be gouged more by diamonds. The deeper gouging makes it harder to get a defined apex and obviously produces more burr.

As to the picture shown more work needs to be done on the stones to improve results, I can see a mix of scratch patterns from coarse to fine to polish and that can cause many issues in making a edge sharp.
 
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