ejames13
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Hey Everyone,
I did a search on this and didn't find much, so here goes. I'm having a real hard time sharpening my Dragonfly 2 in ZDP-189 on the Sharpmaker and I'm looking for some tips from those of you who have more experience.
I reprofiled my DF2 to ~15dps using the diamond stones on the Sharpmaker without issue. However, I can't seems to get the edge I want after I move up to the brown medium stones. On all my other knives (154CM, VG-10, S30V, M390) I'm able to get an edge that catches leg hair above the surface and push cuts newsprint at 90 degrees using the medium brown stones.
I know I'm hitting the apex on the DF2 because I'll use it until it starts to dull a little, then sharpen it back up and I can feel a difference when cutting after I sharpen it. I can get it to the point of rough shaving and cutting newsprint with a draw, but just can't seem to get it to the level of my other knives. I'm also using extremely light pressure for the last several strokes.
Furthermore, I tried what someone else suggested in another thread about adding a microbevel because then you're working with less metal, but that still produced the exact same result I was getting before.
Is it just not possible to get that hair popping edge on ZDP with the Sharpmaker? Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
I did a search on this and didn't find much, so here goes. I'm having a real hard time sharpening my Dragonfly 2 in ZDP-189 on the Sharpmaker and I'm looking for some tips from those of you who have more experience.
I reprofiled my DF2 to ~15dps using the diamond stones on the Sharpmaker without issue. However, I can't seems to get the edge I want after I move up to the brown medium stones. On all my other knives (154CM, VG-10, S30V, M390) I'm able to get an edge that catches leg hair above the surface and push cuts newsprint at 90 degrees using the medium brown stones.
I know I'm hitting the apex on the DF2 because I'll use it until it starts to dull a little, then sharpen it back up and I can feel a difference when cutting after I sharpen it. I can get it to the point of rough shaving and cutting newsprint with a draw, but just can't seem to get it to the level of my other knives. I'm also using extremely light pressure for the last several strokes.
Furthermore, I tried what someone else suggested in another thread about adding a microbevel because then you're working with less metal, but that still produced the exact same result I was getting before.
Is it just not possible to get that hair popping edge on ZDP with the Sharpmaker? Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.