Hogdog
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Now this is a cutting board, I just ordered
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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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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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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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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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Super cool! Thanks for sharing, it’s great seeing good companies grow.
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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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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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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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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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Great story appreciated reading about your experiences.
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