Blaine Gribble

[Blaine Gribble]

I want to thank everyone for their help, you guys are really great! I started back at square one, this time at 600 grit and went until I was completely sure a burr was created, checking with a cotton cloth/my finger and using a loupe to verify all the marker was removed. I did this through 1000 grit then went to the super fine ceramic stones (1200/1600) checking with an angle cube after every grit change.

 

At this point I tested some paper on the blade without removing it from the WE and it wouldn’t cut at all. I proceeded to strop, decreasing angle from 19 degrees to 18 (not sure if that was wise?) with 3.5mu paste. After this the blade came to life and cut paper pretty well! I was curious what would happen if I used the 1.5mu diamond lapping film so I set back to 19 degrees, lapped for a bit and then re-tested with the paper. I’m not sure if i made things better or worse, but the blade still cuts reasonably well. It’s still much better towards the heel than towards the tip, but at least the tip does cut, it’s just not effortless. I don’t know if that’s just a symptom of the blade shape/angle or if I’m still doing something wrong?

Do you always need to strop after sharpening to get a well cutting blade? Should stropping always be the last step or can diamond film be the last step?

[Blaine Gribble]

Thank you everyone, i’ll throw it back on the WE and inspect the sharpie with a loupe. What grit can I get away with stopping at to achieve my goal of easily cutting paper? I always end up working my way through all the stones I have which is always a huge waste of time because I end up with a dull knife anyways due to me screwing something up along the line…

[Blaine Gribble]

Thanks for the reply! Considering i’ve removed enough material at this point that the stones set to 19 degrees remove marker evenly across the entire blade i’m not sure how to find the sweet spot anymore?

[Blaine Gribble]

I’m also curious if this has gone anywhere?

[Blaine Gribble]

The stones are very new, i’ve only run them for a few minutes on my zdp-189 manbug. Should I run them for a while on an old junky chef knife just to try and break them in?

[Blaine Gribble]

Does using this adapter make the stock angle markings useless? My angle cube is reporting the angle of my factory edge spyderco ladybug3 zdp-189 as 12.5/22.5 degrees while the markings show i’m at 17/31 degrees.

[Blaine Gribble]

Thanks for all the help! Should I stick to the rounded stones on recurves (like the cricket) just to be safe?

[Blaine Gribble]

Thank you for the reply LukasPop! If i understand correctly i’ll need to purchase the base wiked edge system as well as the curved blades for use on the cricket. Considering the curved blades only come in medium/fine will that be ok? The rest of the stones that come with the system won’t be of any use on the cricket i assume?

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