Richard
@cayenneman
active 3 weeks, 4 days ago-
Richard started the topic How to Lose Knife Customers in the forum Sharpening as a Business 1 month ago
About a year ago, I bought a Spyderco Gauntlet when it became apparent that I wasn’t really that great using my steel rod in the kitchen for honing my personal knives. It always resulted in me strapping them into my WE and hitting them up with a 800/1000 to get that edge back. So I began looking for some type of stone system that takes the…[Read more]
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Richard replied to the topic Holy tomato slicer, Batman! in the forum Knife Photos 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Victorinox are very popular in the restaurant business. Watch some of the ‘Bearded Butchers’ videos, they sharpen them thousands of times to the point where they’re down to like a 6″ blade before tossing them.
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Richard replied to the topic Finally took the plunge… in the forum Welcome Mat 9 months, 1 week ago
Sounds like you’re getting the hang of it, congrats!
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Richard replied to the topic Tips / Feedback in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 9 months, 2 weeks ago
I don’t go higher than 1600 because mostly I’m doing kitchen knives but I scrub for a burr on every single stone and then stroke until all the vertical scratches are gone. Here lately, I’ve been stopping at 1000 and even there, I can slice phonebook paper every time. You have to apex the edge all the way through the routine and not stop at 600.
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Richard replied to the topic How to sharpen blades greater than 59HRC in the forum Abrasives 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Hey Bryce, sounds like you’re kind of new to sharpening. I would strongly suggest you break in your stones by going through at least ten junk knives before getting into your wife’s assortment. And don’t stop there, spend a lot of time honing your own skills before getting into the expensive ones because any damage is pretty much irreversible…[Read more]
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Richard replied to the topic Just saying hi guys and girls. in the forum Welcome Mat 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to the forum WN! You’ll learn a lot here so check-in often.
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Richard replied to the topic Finally took the plunge… in the forum Welcome Mat 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to the forum Anomad! Lots of knife wisdom here. Takes awhile to develop your own technique so just keep at it and try new methods.
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Richard replied to the topic multiple problems with wicked edge gen pro 3 in the forum Main Forum 1 year, 3 months ago
All I can say is it takes time and a lot of practice to develop your own personal skillset. I do things that I’ve discovered assist me in obtaining a final objective that aren’t even mentioned on this forum but it works me so be patient and be careful.
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Richard replied to the topic Tormek T-8 in the forum Off Topic 1 year, 3 months ago
I bought one and have used it several times, especially on smaller pocket knives and an occasional paring knife. The blade heighth on these particular examples don’t lend enough clearance for the stone to clear the vice even with using the Low Angle Adapter (LAA). It does the trick, there are some good YouTube videos on how to properly use it as…[Read more]
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Richard replied to the topic multiple problems with wicked edge gen pro 3 in the forum Main Forum 1 year, 3 months ago
Guten tag Pirate and welcome to the forum. Yes, phone book paper is an excellent media to measure your edge with. In the videos that Clay demonstrates his techniques on, he uses printer paper which is fine and maybe that’s where you want to start. A 1000 grit edge should scream through printer paper, then progress to the phone book paper since…[Read more]
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Richard replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 1 year, 3 months ago
Another point I wanted to make is that people don’t understand our craft and I’ll give you an example of what happened today. I get up this morning and some guy who I didn’t know had e-mailed me last night saying that he needed three kitchen knives he wanted sharpened so right away I’m in the dark regarding what kind of knife it is and how much…[Read more]
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Richard replied to the topic Dihedral Angles in Knife Sharpening in the forum Welcome Mat 1 year, 3 months ago
I think you talk about this in you ‘Finding the Sweet Spot’ thread, right? It works, that’s for sure.
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Richard replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 1 year, 3 months ago
You know I said that because it happened to me, right? Taught me to use a lot of masking tape. Lesson learned.
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Richard replied to the topic Sharpening as a business in the forum Sharpening as a Business 1 year, 3 months ago
I personally just created a Google Business page and began getting hits immediately, they bugged the heck out of me for months wanting me to enhance it and spend money but I just kept ignoring them and the calls finally ceased. But my advice is to not bite off more than you can chew probably for the first year. Get really good at, for example,…[Read more]
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Richard replied to the topic YouTube video shows drawing a burr on both sides between each stone in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 1 year, 3 months ago
It’s really true that instead of feeling for a burr, you can use the USB microscope (or really just your naked eyes) to see the light being reflected off of what want’s to be an apex. I have high intensity LED lights shining on both sides of the blade and it’s really remarkable how great that method works.
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Richard replied to the topic Freshening kitchen knife edges. . . . in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 1 year, 3 months ago
I tend to agree. I usually start at 800 grit and go from there. If I’m not seeing consistent scratch patterns the entire length of the blade, I drop it to maybe 600 to dig in a little deeper and go from there.
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Richard replied to the topic Larger Right Bevel in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 1 year, 3 months ago
I do appreciate this post because I’ve been experiencing pretty much the same thing over the few years I’ve had my Gen3. Every single time I clamp a knife into it, I get angle variations off to the right and I’ve always wondered if there’s a way to correct the variation without shimming the knife back to the left. Tomorrow, I’ll do a few…[Read more]
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Richard started the topic Sharpening a Hawkbill in the forum Advanced Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 1 year, 5 months ago
Anyone have any experience doing one? I got a request over the weekend and don’t know if I’m setup to do one. That curve kind of makes me nervous.
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Richard replied to the topic Growing Pains in the forum Welcome Mat 1 year, 10 months ago
With the help of all the guys on this forum, it took me a good six months to develop my own style.
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Richard replied to the topic Sunday Afternoon plus alternate Sharpie video in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 1 year, 11 months ago
Kinda goes hand in hand with the pinned “How to Find the Sweet Spot” post.
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