Mine was ordered last week, I was told it would be about a month. I’m not in a hurry though, if there are improvements to be made, I would rather wait.
Excellent job Josh, I really enjoyed your video. If the “bump/hump” on the sides are smoothed down, and if the moveable jaws are made out of tool steel, how much more angle difference would you guess you can expect? I will be buying the Gen 3 but am hesitating because these minor changes will make it a more usable tool. I wonder too if the toolsteel upgrades would increase the price by much. Thanks again for the video,
Thanks for the reply Todd. Can you comment on the kangaroo strops, what is the advantage of using that instead of a good quality cow hide or horse leather for stropping, with or without diamond spray? Is it just a money issue, profits, and marketing, as kangaroo leather will cost many, many times as much as cow leather? Thanks again for your input,
I put a small nick on purpose on a cheap ceramic knife I own just to see if I could get it out. I tried two ways, one with a paper wheel charged with aluminum oxide and one on a ( this might be a cuss word in here ) 320 and 600 aluminum oxide belt grinder 2×42”. Both methods got it out. It was a little slow but after maybe 20 passes it was gone and the blade had no chip. In my jewelry business I use an 8” round diamond plate in various grits, 180 up to 1200 and I have sharpened it on them ( only using the 600 – 1200 though ) but only to hair cutting ability, not hair whittling sharpness. I look forward in trying it on the Gen111 sharpener, I’m sure that would remove any nicks as long as the finer grits are used and hopefully will get it to hair chopping sharpness as I progress to the .10 micron size diamond paste. Good luck.
