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That happens..If you have a USB microscope you can see the top of the bevel will reflect light when a bright light is shined on it if it is rolled, with soft metal it does not take much.. depending on how bad you rolled it you may be able to see the shiny spots (looking down on the bevel with bright light shining over the bevel from in front of…[Read more]

No No No you are all doing it WRONG!

This is how you do it!

At 10 you should be getting close.. remember if you don’t use that last inch of your stone as much as the center, that last bit is not broken in.. one pass where you enter the unused part of the stone is going to leave different scratches than the part that is broken in.

How many knives have you sharpened with the current diamond stones including any new ones you bought?

The only really needed tool in the bunch! 🙂

Thanks TC!  Grabbed 6 to scatter about the house and garage..  I bet they are like cordless drills.. all gathered in the other place where I am not, when I need one! 🙂  If it is small and lite enough might even put one in me pocket.

I would suggest following the suggestion given by Marc, otherwise just ignore it, not many folks have 50X vision 🙂

Well for me, when the wife says, cuts good, I know I did it right! 🙂 It is going to get dull if you use it, that has been happening since the first stone was sharpened..

Yep, if you live along and don’t trust tech, that would be better than using weak memorable passwords, but if you are interesting in some more info on the subject, a quick google returned this page that has some solid security info about pass…[Read more]

Well I will take my chances.. beats passwd123 so I can remember .. Being a Sr IT engineer it is my job to trust tech.. Face it, not much that can’t be broken into when companies don’t update their hardware and software cause it cost money.. Bad guys don’t hack passwords there are simpler ways to gain access.

Look in to a passwd manager Lastpass is a good one that has a free version for pc use or a very inexpensive yearly fee to use on all devices

You remember 1 master passwd and don’t need to know the site passwds, been using for a few years and could not live without it now.  https://www.lastpass.com/

Double faced carpet tape works well and provides a 100% flat strop.  I would assume double sided duct tape would be just as effective.  Hot glue works but you end up with a flatter surface using tape, at least that is how I did mine some time ago.. here is the post, half way down the p…[Read more]

Also it is a good idea to look at the specs of your measuring cube..   For instance the popular WR300 Type 2 had the following specs

You will notice repeatability is +-.1 so you can expect to have a difference of .1 to either side of your first measurement when you set the angle even with the same stone.   That said, the play between rod and sto…[Read more]

This is what I get when I play it.

Your welcome, but not sure what you are referring to.. video won’t play for me.

Some poeple find the camp requires too much force to close even with the adjustment and reduce the number of washers.  The washers are actually the springs that provide the tension.

Nicely Done!

Good to know!  Enjoy your new toy and don’t cut yourself!!!

Of course I do, just saying, in this time of financial uncertainty I would not expect most folks to be buying things like this.. and I wanted to plug social distancing!

Robert, these are not must haves.. Social Distance your strops from each other and you don’t really need these at all!!