Hogdog

[Hogdog]

Thanks again MarkH excellent point. I do use trailing edge strokes and an elongated edge makes perfect sense. Should I use edge leading for my final diamond grit?  I’m aware of the safety hazards using edge leading.

[Hogdog]

Thank you MarcH. I appreciate your advise and will try to reverse engineer  my process. As a side note I use a very light touch with my stropping and the increase in edge sharpness is always impressive to me. Also I do use a loupe and I don’t see any remnants of a burr after sharpening however I  haven’t looked at the edge after the loss of performance   That I will also certainly do.

[Hogdog]

Now this is a cutting board, I just ordered

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SquatchSharp, Organic

[Hogdog]

I run micro bevels on all of my EDC’s for the touch up reason you were asking about.  I generally sharpen  at 17* with a 20* micro bevel. When I touch up very little steel is removed. Use this on all my Leatherman’s and a few others.  I also micro bevel my kitchen knives using more acutely angles.  As far as adding a toothy edge I too go with 1000 grit with 4 – 5 very light strokes  used on all my kitchen cutlery.

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Brewbear

[Hogdog]

Completely agree with Marc on Using a strop to do as many touch ups as possible. May I also suggest when you do need to touch up with diamonds use a micro bevel as to take as little as steel as possible.

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wickededge, Marc H, Brewbear

[Hogdog]

If I could only get my knives to “smell sharp”. Haha. Good info… thanks

[Hogdog]

To me it just makes sense to add a sharpening choil unless it’s a high end collector piece, that shouldn’t be used or sharpened anyway. I add one to all my knives it really helps protect against bolster or handle damage and IMHO I like the way they look.

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Marc H

[Hogdog]

I use my Tormek to profile and finish on my WE all the time. The hollow bevel from the Tormek is so insignificant that I’ve not seen an issue.

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wickededge, James, Organic, Dwight Glass, Marc H

[Hogdog]

Super cool!  Thanks for sharing, it’s great seeing good companies grow.

 

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wickededge, Marc H, David

[Hogdog]

On my Go with the leather strops I added to it the edge I get I greatly improved above what I get just ending at the 600 grit. Excellent edge for my hard working cardboard cutting EDC.

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wickededge, Organic, Marc H

[Hogdog]

I have a Go with steer leather strops using .3 and . 5 micron paste and I get very good results.   Of course I cannot get the mirror finish that I get with my ProPack, the results are a little toothy which is exactly what I want on a kitchen or EDC knife.  I would start there, it doesn’t cost anymore to add later. Just my two cents worth.

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wickededge, Marc H

[Hogdog]

I’ve got nothing to add here except appreciating the knowledge you all are sharing on this thread. I wanted to thank you.

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Marc H

[Hogdog]

My go is great I did add a set of 5 / 3.5 leather strops and it works very well for keeping my edc sharp.

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sksharp, wickededge

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Beautiful work. Really enjoy this post and look forward to more of your handy work. I find I have too many hobbies but I fear you’ve inspired a new one.

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Organic, tcmeyer

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Great story appreciated reading about your experiences.

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