Sharpening Ceramic blades

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03/29/2015 at 7:42 am #24758
CliffCurry
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Finished it up! Hair popping sharp now… easily shaves arm hair.

Care to share with the class? Or is it a proprietary method? 😛

Seriously after all the comments on how hard that process can be I would never have attempted until seeing your amazing results. Way to raise the bar again man!
03/29/2015 at 9:54 am #24759
Zamfir
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Yeah! Spill the Beans! Nice work josh!
03/29/2015 at 4:45 pm #24760
Gib Curry
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Finished it up! Hair popping sharp now… easily shaves arm hair.

Figured it out, Josh. You bought a new blade and replaced the old, dinged one….

No, wait. I just rechecked the images. Same knife. Blade fixed.

OK, Josh, details. How long did that take? Did you distress the edge like you’ve shown before?

Brilliantly done… Beautiful, artistic work.

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03/29/2015 at 4:47 pm #24761
Mikedoh
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Really nice job, Josh. Did lapping films make that possible?
03/29/2015 at 9:03 pm #24762
Aaron kimpton
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I’ll be the russian judge. 7/10…. Nice job, very nice job. Would love to hear the process.
03/29/2015 at 9:25 pm #24765
ken vanderhamm
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Excellent work Josh, it would be wonderful to see a video on how you did this. Thanks in advance.
03/29/2015 at 9:51 pm #24767
Mark76
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Great work, Josh!

Molecule Polishing: my blog about sharpening with the Wicked Edge
03/30/2015 at 5:37 am #24771
Josh
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Hey guys! I simply destressed the edge w/ my 100’s, 200’s, then 400’s, then once I I had all the damage out I reprofiled w/ my 100’s to where I was close to the apex, then worked my way up and out (increased angle at the higher degrees) until I apexed fully up in the 30um range. Yes, I went directly to lapping films after the 1k diamonds =)
03/30/2015 at 6:22 am #24772
Steven N. Bolin
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Josh,
Shooting a video from beginning to end would be delightful to see! … And I’m almost positive it’d be the FIRST video tutorial covering what’s needed to successfully sharpen ceramic blades on the WE.
03/30/2015 at 7:19 am #24773
tcmeyer
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Josh: After my experience, I never would have touched a ceramic with my 200’s, let alone my 100’s. I guess the destressing removed the danger of chipping. Muy impressivo. About how long did the whole process take?
03/30/2015 at 9:51 am #24781
Josh
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Josh: After my experience, I never would have touched a ceramic with my 200’s, let alone my 100’s. I guess the destressing removed the danger of chipping. Muy impressivo. About how long did the whole process take?

Thanks Tom. Yeah that was the only thing that would begin to touch the depth of those chips. The whole process took ~40min to 1 hr.
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