Jake M
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Jake M and Marc H are now friends 2 years, 11 months ago
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 11 months ago
Marc,
Thanks for your very detailed and thoughtful answers. I have a few clarifying questions if you don’t mind.
For the left side lean, does this only affect full flat grinds or are you saying all knives are potentially affected? I’ve watched the videos you linked and they seem to be specific to full flat grind blades.
Also, instead of gue…[Read more]
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 11 months ago
Im going to restate my question after reading your ‘how to find the sweet spot’ post.
Do you ever notice that the sweet spot on the left side is different than the sweet spot on the right, even on a non FFG knife?
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 11 months ago
Thanks for sharing.
I just finished sharpening my first two pocket knives. I would say it went pretty well and I can feel myself coming up the learning curve quickly.
I do have a question. When using the sharpie to check for correct front/back placement (not sure what the term is), I realized that the left side would be good and have an even…[Read more]
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Jake M replied to the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 11 months ago
Thank you for the reply and tips. I’ll still use the sharpie trick and reapply as I progress through the process.
Merry Christmas all.
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Jake M started the topic About to attempt my first sharpening and have a few questions in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years, 11 months ago
Hey everyone,
As the title suggests I just got the pro pack 1 and have been reading everything I can and watching YouTube videos as well.
The instructions always say to use the sharpie trick when starting out to make sure your angle is good and it recommends to match the manufacturer angle.
My problem is that I’ve already been sharpening my p…[Read more]
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