Mark Massie

Mark Massie

Mark Massie replied to the topic Help – scratches on blade in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 5 years, 11 months ago

NotSharpEnuff and TCMeyer,

Thank you both for taking the time to reply to my posts. I really appreciate your valuable insight and willingness to share your thoughts. What was so confusing to me is that I never had this problem with the previous clamp. After remounting the knife in the same manner and position as originally used and looking at…[Read more]
Mark Massie replied to the topic Help – scratches on blade in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 5 years, 11 months ago

Sir,

Thanks for your reply. When I set the knife up, the stone was only touching the bevel. I did use an up and down scrubbing motion, but the stones never left the bevel that I can recall. I am not sure how the stones left the bevel, but I will take another look. I have gifted the old vice so I no longer have it to compare the height of eac…[Read more]
Mark Massie started the topic Help – scratches on blade in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 5 years, 11 months ago

Hello everyone, I am a long time user and this year I have upgraded to the Gen 3 vice with the original pro pack diamond stones that are at least 6-7 years old. I am not an expert but not a novice either and have successfully sharpened hundreds of knives. However, since I started using the Gen 3 vice, I am see scratches on the blade below th…[Read more]

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