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Oh great, the majority of my fixed blade collection is Bark River.

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Damn!?  (pardon the Navy french)  Big OUCH!

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Note to self-  give away my Buck 110 with wicked convex edge 🙁

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Put the 110 back on the bench.  I used the 1000 grit at 25 degrees, then 24 degrees… and then stropped it at 21 degrees.  Good stuff.

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Marc H

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I just watched Clay’s vid on how to make a convex edge.  Gonna try it on this little guy.  Would hate to mess up my 110…

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Marc H

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Thank you for all the help gentlemen, I was hoping the learning curve would be shorter… but, I am enjoying the learning process.

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Clay, please send me a Gen 3 vice and I will gladly pay you on Tuesday.

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Organic

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oh great, or maybe I should try the 50 and put it back to 25 dps lol

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Marc H

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Today I found an old knife to sharpen.  Buck 110 (circa 2004).  My thought was to get it sharp.  So I started with the 80 grit, and used the angle cube to get it at 23 on the left side of the vice and 24 on the right side.  I finished it off with my strops at 21 and 22 respectively.  It came off the bench screaming sharp. But after push cutting an LL Bean catalog to death, it lost some edge.  Probably should of put a micro bevel on it?  Not a very good photo, but you can tell a part of the bevel was almost polished… and the bevel was inconsistent.  However, I was happy with the results.

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Marc H

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Thank you guys for all the help.  I just sharpened the knife, and it is sharp.  But the bevel is not polished and it is full of scratches.  So, I am hoping that my stones are not broken  in just yet.  Marc, to answer your question, I used to be able to get all of my knives really sharp with a Spyderco…. and if I needed to reprofile I would use a Lansky before going to the Spyderco.  Good luck using those two systems for the Sebenza.  That is why I bought the WES and am crying in my beer 🙁

I think part of my problem is the Gen 1 vice, but hopefully I will start getting better results when the stones break in.

 

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So frustrating… I get the angle dialed in and about halfway through the sharpening process the jam nut falls off 🙁

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I feel your pain, Dave.  I am a newbie and am in the same boat.  Started collecting spydercos about 3 years ago and then higher end production fixed blades for hunting and a few customs as well.  Have had great success with the WE on my cheap kitchen knives they are screaming sharp.  Got a little confidence and put a chris reeves fixed blade on the WE yesterday and did not have much success.  Chris Reeves are highly overrated btw (wasted money on two of them).  The bulk of my collection consists of BRK knives.  The come SO sharp.  My question is, the bevels on BRK’s are so small, how do you deal with it?  Just match the angle and move on down the road?  Or be bold and reprofile?  I am also struggling with my 3 – 4 inch folders.

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DaveG

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Sweet Jesus… I just made my first wicked edge 🙂  Thanks All!!

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Attached are the upgrade elbows for the WE100, not sure how to install them.  And… my base did not come with feet.

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Dwight Glass

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Thank you for the help, Gentlemen.  I am embarrassed to say, I might be missing a foot on the base… will check when I get back to the house this weekend.  And, Clay, I will also post pics of the joints.

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