MarcH
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Richard replied to the topic A shoutout to our FL & SC W.E. Forum members in the forum Main Forum 1 year, 5 months ago
I forgot you were in the Tampa area, hope you weren’t affected too much.
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Richard replied to the topic Great new USB 'scope, but I need some WiFi help in the forum Off Topic 1 year, 5 months ago
Ok, got mine yesterday and it makes sense now. So it works the same way as others where the USB cable connects to the desktop or laptop computer and then you use a viewer like Plugable Digital Viewer (www.plugable.com) to display the images.
Now on your phone, the instructions have a QR code for the website where you can find the ‘WiFi Check’ app…[Read more]
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Richard replied to the topic Great new USB 'scope, but I need some WiFi help in the forum Off Topic 1 year, 6 months ago
But in the specification, I also see
WiFi Implementation Standard 2.4 Ghz (EEE 802.11 b/g/n)
which makes me think it contains the components necessary to connect to a network, otherwise, it wouldn’t be mentioned. I ordered one so I’ll be able to confirm in a couple of days.
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Richard replied to the topic Great new USB 'scope, but I need some WiFi help in the forum Off Topic 1 year, 6 months ago
Thanks for the great find TC. What makes you think that the network isn’t recognizing it? Can you manage your router or does your ISP have control of it? If you do, I can walk you through getting it on your network. In the meantime, find your new device’s MAC address. It’s a hexadecimal set of numbers and looks something like this:…[Read more]
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developer (ChrisB) started the topic Recent Forum Problems (should be resolved now) in the forum Forum Usability Notes and Requests 1 year, 8 months ago
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Richard started the topic How to Lose Knife Customers in the forum Sharpening as a Business 1 year, 11 months 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 year, 12 months 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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Jake M and MarcH are now friends 2 years, 3 months ago
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 3 months ago
Marc,
Thanks for your very detailed and thoughtful answers. I have a few clarifying questions if you don’t mind.
For the left side lean, does this only affect full flat grinds or are you saying all knives are potentially affected? I’ve watched the videos you linked and they seem to be specific to full flat grind blades.
Also, instead of gue…[Read more]
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 3 months ago
Im going to restate my question after reading your ‘how to find the sweet spot’ post.
Do you ever notice that the sweet spot on the left side is different than the sweet spot on the right, even on a non FFG knife?
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 3 months ago
Thanks for sharing.
I just finished sharpening my first two pocket knives. I would say it went pretty well and I can feel myself coming up the learning curve quickly.
I do have a question. When using the sharpie to check for correct front/back placement (not sure what the term is), I realized that the left side would be good and have an even…[Read more]
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 3 months ago
Thank you for the reply and tips. I’ll still use the sharpie trick and reapply as I progress through the process.
Merry Christmas all.
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Jake M started the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 3 months ago
Hey everyone,
As the title suggests I just got the pro pack 1 and have been reading everything I can and watching YouTube videos as well.
The instructions always say to use the sharpie trick when starting out to make sure your angle is good and it recommends to match the manufacturer angle.
My problem is that I’ve already been sharpening my p…[Read more]
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Jake M became a registered member 2 years, 3 months ago
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Richard replied to the topic Finally took the plunge… in the forum Welcome Mat 2 years, 7 months 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 2 years, 7 months 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 2 years, 7 months 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 2 years, 7 months 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 2 years, 7 months 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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wickededge replied to the topic Question about video tutorials: using 20 degrees for 19 degree profiled blade in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 3 years ago
@Jason – MarcH is exactly right. That video (I’m surprised you found it) was made for our brand ambassadors last summer to help them get results quickly. It’s sort of a short cut to get around the work that is often required to make the bevel just right at the angle your marker indicates; by increasing the angle by 1 degree per side from what the…[Read more]
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