Mrniceknife

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 Strops or stones ?

 

Found this gem also.

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Marc H wrote:

Here is how a deceased member and former regular contributor of our forum found it was best for him to use the ceramics: “My usual progression starting from zero is: diamond stones (100-1000) – coarse micro-fine ceramics (“1.4”) – 1200 ceramics – 1600 ceramics – fine micro-fine ceramics (“0.6”)”. Hope this helps, Mark76 Here are two different WE users, in these last two posts, with two different takes on what progression they like best. Obviously there is a subjective aspect to sharpening.

 

Thanks very much for this link!  A lot of great info there! A lot to take in but I also think that 1.4 to 1200/1600 to .06 is the way to go. I just got done with a custom bowie and did notice a progression between the 1600 to the .06um. I am more interested in a treetop level of sharpness but am still unable to get there.

I haven’t used the sharpener in a couple of months and decided to take it apart and clean it. I also noticed an almost 1 degree difference from holding the paddles, definitely need to get the technique down for that perfect edge geometry (which I assume is my last step) to attain ultimate sharpness.

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…another thing about my ceramics is that they’re chipped along the edges.  The 1.4u/.6u ceramics are beveled, I think it would be good to have the 1200/1600s beveled also.

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Any luck on the ultrasonic cleaner side of things?

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Thanks for the suggestion, I ended up using the 200s (face palm) but either way I’m pretty sure they were putting deeper scratches on the edge when I was using them.

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I’ve sharpened about 15 knives already I’ll try lapping them.  Should I use a specific stone I was going to use the 200s.

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It’s not that they get dirty it looks like I’m only making contact on those lines

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Thanks but I have cleaned them thoroughly and after a few passes they look like this.

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I would just strop unless it was really heavily used but that’s just me.  I’ve heard of some using the higher grit ceramics also.

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I did something similar with a crk sekaiyo 6″ it needed some repair so I started with the 50/80 then stopped at 200.  I took the burr off the chisel edge with the 1k stone then stropped with .5 paste on leather.  It’s 19 degrees on one side and that’s it.  The edge is impressive.

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