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Hi, everyone!
So, I bought a Ken Onion sharpener about a month ago, and I'm having a rough time with it. Hoping someone on here might point me in the right direction / alleviate my worries.
Let me tell you how I came to buy the KO sharpener. Before buying the KO, I sharpened my knives with the Lansky sharpening system. No complaints with the Lansky system (with enough time, I could get my knives shaving sharp). I bought the KO after I bought a Microtech UTX-85 dagger because it couldn't be gripped by my Lansky kit. I primarily bought the KO to sharpen the Microtech, but I was excited to use it on my other knives, too.
I have three knives (aforementioned Microtech, Benchmade Osbourne, Buck 722 S30V) and I've tried all of them on my KO sharpener. I was able to put the best edge I've ever done on my Buck with the KO--insanely sharp! The other two knives haven't been working too well for me. The Osbourne is decent, but I can't get it shaving sharp for the life of me. Same thing with the Microtech. The Microtech is the worst of the bunch. I can't get it anywhere near paper sharp. To make it worse, I basically reprofiled the bevel and stripped off a bunch of the beautiful apocalypse finish on the blade (user error, I think). You can image the buyers remorse kicking in.
I'm really worried that I messed up the heat treatment on the Osbourne and Microtech, and that's why I can't get them sharp. I spent a LOT of time trying to sharpen the Microtech, and I'm worried that I messed up the heat treatment on the blade with the belt's friction heat. I was regularly checking the blade, and I wasn't feeling it get much warmer than room temp, but I don't know how sensitive it is. Same thing with the Osbourne. I'm wondering if the Buck turned out well because of its amazing factory heat treatment.
Should I be as worried as I am about damaging the heat treatment? Any thoughts about why I'm struggling with the Osbourne and Microtech but not the Buck?
So, I bought a Ken Onion sharpener about a month ago, and I'm having a rough time with it. Hoping someone on here might point me in the right direction / alleviate my worries.
Let me tell you how I came to buy the KO sharpener. Before buying the KO, I sharpened my knives with the Lansky sharpening system. No complaints with the Lansky system (with enough time, I could get my knives shaving sharp). I bought the KO after I bought a Microtech UTX-85 dagger because it couldn't be gripped by my Lansky kit. I primarily bought the KO to sharpen the Microtech, but I was excited to use it on my other knives, too.
I have three knives (aforementioned Microtech, Benchmade Osbourne, Buck 722 S30V) and I've tried all of them on my KO sharpener. I was able to put the best edge I've ever done on my Buck with the KO--insanely sharp! The other two knives haven't been working too well for me. The Osbourne is decent, but I can't get it shaving sharp for the life of me. Same thing with the Microtech. The Microtech is the worst of the bunch. I can't get it anywhere near paper sharp. To make it worse, I basically reprofiled the bevel and stripped off a bunch of the beautiful apocalypse finish on the blade (user error, I think). You can image the buyers remorse kicking in.
I'm really worried that I messed up the heat treatment on the Osbourne and Microtech, and that's why I can't get them sharp. I spent a LOT of time trying to sharpen the Microtech, and I'm worried that I messed up the heat treatment on the blade with the belt's friction heat. I was regularly checking the blade, and I wasn't feeling it get much warmer than room temp, but I don't know how sensitive it is. Same thing with the Osbourne. I'm wondering if the Buck turned out well because of its amazing factory heat treatment.
Should I be as worried as I am about damaging the heat treatment? Any thoughts about why I'm struggling with the Osbourne and Microtech but not the Buck?