it made me wonder if some of what I read here is just us (me) being too critical. Let me explain.
The video was of a guy hand sharpening a knife with a big stone suspended over a pail of water. He was able to get the knife sharp enough to shave off his beard. At one point he shaved his arm and said the knife is sharp, but not sharp enough to shave his face. He continued to sharpen the knife and finally shaved his beard.
That made me think about a couple of the posts that I have ready (and posted) here. My post was about one arm being tighter then the other. I read about the thickness of the paddles being different. I read about play in the arms and play in the paddles on the arms.
Someone took the time to measure the difference that the paddle thickness made and I think it came out to .5 degrees? I’m not sure if anyone ever measured the effect of the play but here is my thought. The guy in the video did his knife completely by hand, no angle gauge, nothing. There almost has to be a slight difference from stoke to stoke when you sharpen by hand and that difference must be more than we experience with the WE.
Am I wrong?
.
