James Bare

[James Bare]

I sharpen a friend’s shun chef knife almost every time I go over to their house to dog sit. I was a little apprehensive at first cause it’s  like OMG it’s  a shun what will I do if I screwed it up. I didn’t have to worry, it was dull as a $250 butter knife. I started out with the 100 grit stones and light pressure letting the grit do its job. I stopped at 600 grit, stropped a few times with 5 and 3.5 and they couldn’t be happier. It was sharper than new. I am half scared to take that to 1500 grit, at 600 it cuts so good they have nipped a finger more than once. I have sharpened it over a dozen times now almost always having to start at 100 grit, never had any chipping issues and I sharpen it at 16 per side. Pretty sure it is the vg10 core/Damascus laminated steel. On a side note the doggies don’t  like the 100/200 grit stones, it has an interesting ringing sound almost musical.

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SalisburySam, wickededge, Organic, Marc H, Mark76

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Thanks, that’s what I was planning on ordering. Figured I would do a quick question on here instead of flipping a coin between the 9 and 6 micron Lapping films.

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David, Mark76

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I figured it was that simple, I just can’t get my pins to move though. Would it hurt to put some oil on the pins? Thanks for taking the time for the pictures as well.

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I am all for it, if it helps with having my knife aligned and clamped in the same spot every time it is better for me and my knife. That’s one of the benefits of the WEPS that I love, I can throw it in the clamp with the ruler on there and know it is in the right spot without having to guess which saves time and removes less steel from the blade. Could I eyeball it without the ruler yeah, but I don’t because it is less precise. And I would print the lines on the grid with a neon green or blaze orange. Something that will really stand out against the knife and any background.

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I added my name to the map, always interesting to see where us knife sharpening fanatics live

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Mark76

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Thanks for the replies, so far all I have done is lightly go over it with the 5 and 3.5 leather strops at 15 a side. I could feel a few rough spots on the edge when I got it and that took care of them. I have noticed it looks like small small little chips with the naked eye but I don’t feel them and it sure doesn’t affect the cutting any.

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I have a hard time getting burrs off 154 and d2 sometimes so it sounds like I may be in for some fun.

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North Carolina, either Durham or Southport, all depends on how the fish are biting.

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I would definitely get some to cover my strops as well instead of a plastic bag

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So far I am liking it. It sharpened up quick and took a really good edge. I am not too sure about the stonewashed finish though, but that’s cosmetic I can deal with it. I got the random task II and with the thin edge it slices and cuts effortlessly, even if all I am doing is cutting the plastic holding 6 pack soda bottles so I can get me one. I have it in my edc rotation with my 2 D2 benchmades. It will be interesting to see how it compares as far as edge holding.

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Completely dumb newbie question, what’s the benefit of looking at the edge through a loupe?

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Looks great, maybe you should send it as a suggestion to benchmade. The bone collectors are almost like the original sheepfoot bladed flat ground griptilian blades which I like better than the hollow ground ones they make now. I don’t see any reason why they can’t make the drop point blade like on the 551 but with a hole for the bc line. I know I would be standing in line to get one if bm did offer a blade like that.

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Looks great, makes me wish I had waited a little while longer before I got my own case. I do think the base should be centered to make carrying it easier, balance it out better. Unless the weight of everything else can balance out the weight of the base.

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I have been carrying and cutting a little bit of everything including lots of cardboard boxes with my D2 griptilian, never had any chipping problems or carbides falling out. I also polished it to a nice shiny (ain’t gonna call it mirror on here) edge with no problems.

On a side note I took my d2 grip and my 15030 bone collector and sharpened them both to the same 17 degree angle with the only difference being where I finished with each blade. I stopped at the 1k stone on my grip and 10 strokes per side with the 5 and 3.5 leather strops with the bc. Both cut great, so far the stropped edge seems to cut a lot more effortlessly, but I have a lot more cutting to do.

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I sharpened a couple of my D2 blades to 17 and 18 degrees per side and haven’t had any issues. I just matched it to the bevels I had and haven’t experimented with thinner edges since they cut great at the angle they are at right now.

I also just sharpened my BM 940, it had been sharpened several times before with my previous sharpener and matching the angles on my weps it came out to 21 per side with it clamped at b.5 in the top holes. I also took the thumbstud out. I clamped it more towards the handle by the flat spot on the blade for a more secure hold because of the way the back of the blade is ground.

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