Thanks for the responses.
I had been playing around with how to get this done and came up with some possible remedies.
I moved the knife all the way forward in the clamp where the blades is the deepest.
2.) I turrned the arms 90 degrees forward. Got that idea from a video of Clay sharpening a straight razor.
3.) I braced the tip of the blade with my opposite hand (short term solution) as Darrell mentioned in his post (thanks Darrell 🙂 )
I had to sharpen the blade nearest the handle with very very short strokes but was able to do it. I am still not sure how that will turn out.
The tip of the blade has a much larger cut in. It should work ok but the bevel is larger at the tip and that does concern me a bit.
Question??? I noticed that i could not sharpen the last 1/8 inch or so of the blade do to the plastic colored bumpers. Has anyone shaved those off to get access to the last bit of blade?
I am still on 200 grit. It took a very long time to shave that steel with 100 grit diamond stones :angry:
I am looking for a temporary solution to support the blade as Gib mentioned in his post (thanks Gib 🙂 )
I took the angle pretty steep and couldn’t tell you what it is as I do not have an angle cube but I have a feeling I am going to make a second less steep bevel when this is all done.
We will see.
Thanks again for the insights, suggestions and warm welcomes. I am a bit of a mad scientist but its always good to hear some possible solutions from those who have been there. I will post what I find. :silly:
Peace
Mat
