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How do you get 7 sets of stones in a Plano 3700 series Prolatch Stowaway box? Do you have a pic by chance ?

Thanks

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Any opinions of polymer erasers? I use a Pentel polymer eraser and—at least visually—it seems to do a good job cleaning my stones. Thanks

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Hi Kyle, wow. Impressive. I would like to learn how you do that to see if I could get even remotely close to those times for blades that don’t require reprofiling. Would you mind sending me a PM with some pointers? Or post pointers here if others are interested too.

Kyle Kaplan wrote:

000Robert, Yes, I’ve timed myself on many occasions. It takes me about 10 seconds to mount the knife in the sharpener, another 10-20 seconds to do the marker test to determine the sharpening angle, about 1-2 minutes to draw a burr from each side of the knife with my 100 grit stone, and then about 20 seconds to make 20 passes with each of the 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 grit diamond stones on each side of the blade. And finally, about 10-15 seconds to wipe the blade clean and remove it from the sharpener. The knives I usually sharpen for my customers are kitchen knives. The highest quality knives I see frequently are Shun, Henkel, and Wusthof. They’re made from decent steel, but not like the super steels found in a lot of higher-end pocket knives and fixed blades, so it really doesn’t take too long to sharpen them, especially because I’m matching the current edge angles and not doing any reprofiling. If the knife has a bad chip or a broken tip, it does take me a bit longer and I will charge my customers extra for making those repairs on a case-by-case basis.

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tcmeyer, which camera do you use and at what magnification? Sounds like you get a lot of value out of it, which I would like to try to replicate. Thank you

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You could check this link:  https://www.chefknivestogo.com/dispandpa.html
Their reputation is solid.

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tcmeyer, was wondering what your opinion is of using the 50/80 stones as the first set of stones when you want to completely redo bevels or when your apex is quite dull. Thank you

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Hi Marc, thank you for your thoughtful response. I recently bought those same shields and mostly use them. I’ll take using them always more seriously, though.

BTW, at this link they tested a bunch of cut resistant gloves. I thought others may want this info too. I also learned a fair bit about ANSI cut resistance levels (A1 through A9); also interesting.

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Marc H

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Oops, you said you ordered the last one. I’ll check with them on their website to see if they’re going to have more.

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Brewbear

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Hi Ed,

For $50 that seems like a pretty good deal. I’ll go ahead and get one too because I don’t travel with my gear. It does look a little fragile but I do like that the light stays on and the price for what you get seems fair. Thanks for letting me know. Much appreciated.

R.

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Brewbear

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Hi 000Robert, by handles I mean the L-screw. I think of them as small handles I use to fasten the mini-L bracket to the angle bar; I guess I should be thinking of it as a screw and not a handle  🙂

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Hi rummels, can you please tell me what type of nylon washers you use. As I’m waiting on my SS mod kit to arrive and I may want to use your tip. Thank you

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Yes, got the SS adjusters and handles, the stops and the hand guards. Should be good. Thanks again.

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Hi again MarcH. I think I might go for the Klein. It’s around $30, is (at least) a U.S. brand and probably is “good enough.” The DXL360 looks like it has too many bells and whistles. Plus, you’re right, I’m OK with driving 35 vs 35.00  🙂

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Brewbear

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Hi again 000Robert, I just bought the mods from NotSharpEnough. Can’t wait to install and use them.

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Ha! Just found these guys on kickstarter  🙂

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laserknifeedgereader/laser-knife-edge-reader-for-better-knife-sharpening

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