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Good day, Bill. Been pretty quiet here lately. I’ve really enjoyed reading all your posts recently.
Thanks Alan, I’ve enjoyed bringing them to you….. BTW, Ive only been here recently… LOL
enjoying my Wicked edge system, I need a few things and keep forgetting to call. IN fact I’m going to do that right now
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Howdy everybody! It’s been busy here at Wicked Edge. This week is the busiest of the year for us, yesterday and today especially, trying to get all the orders out in time for Christmas. Then we’ll get a little downtime before we start ramping up for the trade show season in January.
Great to hear business is booming, Clay! The WEPS is an amazing sharpener, and the more your business grows, the more benefit in the way of improvements and new products we will all see. Merry Christmas to you and your family, and all the good folks who work at WE.
Alan
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I got side tracked by dinner today.. same thing happened yesterday… I need a set of leather strop paddles for some new diamond grit pastes, 6000# 14000# 50,000 # and a pair of 40/50 grit diamond stones. No hurry, Ill get with Kyle tomorrow.
I wouldn’t mess w/ the 50/80 grit… They aren’t much faster than the 100’s and leave deep scratches that are hard to get out, especially if you are going for a polished edge. Instead I would consider investing in a Ken Onion Worksharp (variable speed hand-held belt sander) to do the heavy work for you – will save a ton of time =) just my .02
Also, on the strops… try balsa, it’s cheap and doesn’t give any convexing (if that’s what you want then leather is good). You can order balsa by the sheet and cut it to size.
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good morning knife sharpening warriors.
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AS a real novice to this system, I can see some issues when using soft pliable leathers of any flavor, be they Kangaroo or cow. With the slightest pressure these leathers want to yield to the blade edge and push it over because any pressure causes the leather to become concave. The final edge and the polish effort used should be something harder than leather ( in my unqualified opinion ) .. I’m guessing that some sort of wood product with a diamond paste would keep the edge from rolling over. There is no mention of using a hard wood with a 50K paste, but I’m wondering if an oak strop would be better than balsa.
AS a retired engineer, my mind is always working on something.
Bill aka ET
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Hey Bill,
I think this is a very complex subject. In short your are right. Depending on much pressure you apply you always want to go more acute with the strops by 1 to 2 degrees per side. This compensates for the deformation of the leather.
On the other hand the balsa strops work great. Just like you are thinking I like them for the higher grit compounds. They are not completely rigid, but are pretty hard compared to leather. They give a little, so may want to also take 0.5 or 1 degree more acute. I usually go heavy pressure on the leather and light pressure withe balsa.
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Bill, the kangaroo is thinner and has much less give than the cow leather. The cow leather also has some silicates in it by itself, whereas the kangaroo doesn’t (or hardly has any). This makes the roo leather especially suitable for the finer stuff << 1 mu.
Molecule Polishing: my blog about sharpening with the Wicked Edge
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