John
Try doing circles with the WEPS 100 diamonds. It’s messy on the bevel, but it is even more aggressive than scrubbing in most cases. (scrubbing causes “ruts” for the diamonds, but changing the directions cuts grooves everywhere.)
If you get a burr after the circles, you can do some scrubbing to make real sure, then clean it all up with sweeping strokes before moving on the to the 200+ WEPS.
Thanks Tom!
Okay, I got my 50/80 grit diamonds last week and finally had some time to work on this over the last two days… I don’t know if its D2 in general or just this knife, but IT WAS A BEAR! I have no idea what the original angle was (I’d guess something like 35-45 degrees per side), and it STILL took me over 2 more hours to re-profile to 25 degrees per side and get a burr with the 50 grits!!! That’s 4 hrs total, OUCH!:pinch:
I worked in back-and-forth sweeps to keep the chewing to a minimum. Mr. Cheapguy and Tom from jendeindustries are right, if you use the 50/80 diamonds, it will take a bit of extra work with the 100/200 grits to smooth out the edge and scratches. I’ll take that trade any day on this steel.
I finally finished sharpening yesterday after a few more hours going through the other grits. Its not the prettiest, smoothest job I’ve done with the Wicked Edge, but my Outcast will now push-cut newspaper, and that’s good enough for this knife. Thank God no other knife I’ve tried yet has been as tough as this.
Just to restore my sanity, I re-profiled my veteran BM710 in ATS34 at 18 degrees in 30 minutes start to finish. :cheer:
