Why didn't I try it sooner?

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hollowdweller

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Been using a steel on my blades with variable success. Finally got to where I just didn't get the edge I wanted. So I finally went out and got the sandpaper like you all are always talking about, cut it in thin strips, and laid them over the strop I have that has adjustable tension and a handle.

Tried 2 and got them shaving sharp in no time at all. Didn't even use a third of a sheet of each kind of sandpaper doing it. Thanks a lot. I'll never sharpen them any other way. For finishing them off I just stropped them on the leather strop and that made them perfect.:)
 
I still like the ceramics and the jasper stones. (Viking Whetstones)
I haven't found a use for my diamonds on the khuks.:)
 
Hollowdweller:

Where did you get the strop with the handle/adjustable tensioner? I have been toying with the idea of using a 1" x 42" sanding belt strung over a spreader clamp as a tensioner for when I'm not near an electrical outlet and have a major ding to deal with. The thing you mention sounds handier though.
 
Originally posted by donutsrule
Hollow, which grit(s) did you use?
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I can't remember for sure. I think the lower one was like maybe 3 or 4 hundred. I'm pretty sure the top one was 1500. I'll check when I get home from work and if I'm way off I'll let you know.
 
Originally posted by hollowdweller
So I finally went out and got the sandpaper like you all are always talking about...
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:cool:
 
Had a case of the appalachia dumbass?:rolleyes: :p ;) :D

They come, they listen and then finally pay attention.:rolleyes: :p ;) :D

Just TZN H/D.;)
 
Yvsa,

It's more like:



Came

Blurted question

Did what they wanted to do anyway

Came back...this time, humbled by _________ (insert awful story here)


:D :D :D



HD - hey! consider yourself "one of the gang"!

:eek:




...ask Yvsa about the hole in his foot... :eek:
 
Originally posted by hollowdweller
Originally posted by Yvsa
Had a case of the appalachia dumbass?:rolleyes: :p ;) :D



Ouch! I can be a little slow to try out new things, but no need to insult my ethnic heritage.
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Hey, Hollowdweller-- Yvsa was just ribbin' you a bit. TZN=teasin'.
--Josh
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Pend,

I am taking your suggestion about using the sandpaper and taking the edge back on the Ganga Ram to where it is a bit thicker. I've managed to get about half of the nick out and it doesn't seem to be bending now when I cut stuff. I haven't gone back and done any 8" oaks yet, but I did a 3 or 4 " black walnut that was dry and no bending. Also wickedly sharp from all the sanding/stropping.:)
 
Originally posted by hollowdweller
managed to get about half of the nick out and it doesn't seem to be bending now when I cut stuff.
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Can someone confirm (or not) my memory
that this has happened before?

That is, chips or bends at the edge are ground off/down
and the resulting new edge is more durable/harder.

Maybe the edge gets too hot during final sharpening?

Don't the appentices rather than the kamis do the final edgework?


The other possibility that comes to mind is that
due to either a small difference in the steel
or too thin an edge at the time of hardening,
the edge doesn't get hardened to the right degree.

Or, too much mass of steel toward the spine and
the temper after hardening goes too far,
as the edge heats back up from seeping heat.

That might explain the ganga ram problem,
it being to massive toward the nose,
if not enough of the edge was cooled and
the heat seeping back in rewarms the edge too much.

The possibilities........
Oh, my head..................
 
DDean,

I wonder too. The only thing that makes me think that it is not too soft is that even after extensive chopping and the bending the edge is still very sharp. In fact, I'd say of the other 3 I have that this blade tends to hold an edge better than the others.

I think the blade is hard but the edge too thin.
 
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