a)I use water a decent amount and then let it air dry and have had no issues w/ corrosion to date… I also use a 50/50 solution of windex/rubbing alcohol sometimes, but I have really been enjoying the water lately.
I have never had a problem personally, but I have had a decent amount of people complain to me that they used water (after hearing it from me) and now their diamond stones are all rusted. You would think that it would be obvious to just rinse and dry them, but it isn’t for a lot of people and if I was making/selling the WE I would not want to have to deal with that with the customer service side. In general people are not that reasonable and the solution might be as simple as to just put in a small bottle of a solution which can be used to treat water as there are many of them which are available.
b) do you think it would be beneficial to have a certain course waterstone cut for the WEPS paddles that would be much more efficient of a cutter for the heavy re-profile work? I know there are shaptons and choseras out there already… any recommendations?
There are some nice coarse stones, but then you have issues of maintenance and the real big one is wear because if the stone becomes different in thickness it will change the angle and you have to account for that when you switch grits. I am not saying it is impossible but you would want to be very clear so as to avoid people complaining about issues which are caused by wear in the stone.
f) I find that it doesn’t ever load up if I have a bowl of water in front of my weps and then just “paint” the stones w/ water every time I alternate… are you having a different experience?
No, but more than me have been using this, I just noted they were loaded when I took them out this time and just scrubbed them off.
g) If you send it to me I can cerakote it pink for you! 😉 that should put ppl’s mind at ease! seriously though, I don’t think Clay had this in mind when he got it… I think people in New Mexico and ppl in Canada view the issue of guns slightly different 😛
No doubt, it is really silly but that is a common reaction here, black knives are weapons, pink knives are cute. I even had a pink case made for a fixed blade specifically just to check that out and no one reacts harshly to it. This is extremely silly, but it happens.
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