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TC,

Very interesting, have you put the WEPS to work on this knife. 6 DPS is razor blade land. It would be cool to see some before/after mag shots of the edge.

Oh I forgot, IMO there is no way any hand sharpener can replicate a less than 0.5 DPS variation over the full length of the edge across 10+ grits without using a jig like WEPS (or other similar jigs). They all make claims (even Josh I think) but unless you get into stuff like Verhoeven definitive proof is evasive. It still makes for a fun…[Read more]

Shun Premier is my favorite line. Bulbous handle, thin blade, beautiful peened finish, edge holds up really well. Not sure what you meant by your comment but I do not own any $400 knives. But if I were to splurge on what I would call a “knife to end up in my middle class will” for around $400, I would want to spend hours trying them out in person.…[Read more]

My view..

1. It’s all about the steel and especially the careful heat treatment …. check out what Jay Fisher does with 440C (great website, even though he comes across as an ass)

2. Shun is my goto but they are commercial which needs to sell to Willy Sonoma at $100 for resale at $200+. You get what you pay for. Sort of Sam Adam’s not willing…[Read more]

I agree that touch-ups are more easily done in the kitchen with ceramic rods. I use my WEPS to freshen up the primary bevel about every 6-9 months fulling trusting my AAG with reference to my log when I first put the knife on a WEPS. I like using a $25 white ceramic hone freehand style. With practice you develop natural indicators like visual…[Read more]

Personally, I do not lower the angle for stropping. I am pretty sure that folks do this to avoid rolling the edge due to too much pressure. However, a very light touch does not roll the edge. I like to think that I am stropping the entire primary bevel (magnified photos show an amazing amount of burnishing with pasted up strops) and if you reduce…[Read more]

Welcome, where are you in Jersey. I am in Caldwell.

Readheads says this was a full reprofile starting at 100 (prob 300+) scrub strokes per side until I got the full burr (seems like forever sometimes but it will happen) + single edge leading for burr removal with 200. It was a first time blade so I used a sharpie, but after the first full burr I went 25-50 edge trailing strokes per side thru full…[Read more]

Good thread – Maintenance vs. Reprofile)

To me, upon resharpening if there is “any” appreciable chipping then I go back to square one to establish a new profile. This assumes I want to remove the chip either all the way or most. I also may go to my treadmill grinder also (Airscapes).

Otherwise, when I resharpen I fully trust my Angle Align…[Read more]

What did the profile look like before ?

I do not think the screw is interfering as there are no marks on it. Did you get a perfect burr along the full edge ?

Wow, 7 hours on one knife !!

For me, I check the angle only once during the initial bevel/burr process (~50 hard scrubs per side = 10-30 mins depending on redo vs. new). Once that is done I go straight thru the progressions including film and leather (25 alternating single passes per side + 5 extra light with leather = 10 mins) and I am done.…[Read more]

I try to keep it simple in order to spend 30 mins max on a knife new to WEPS and 10 mins max on a redo (in the same position as originally done). I raise a full burr with the first grit feeling it with vertical (up) finger swipes. I find that a single, consistent, very light, leading edge pass with the next grit on the bent burr side removes the…[Read more]

This is not my go to method. When I am scrubbing each side on a knife (which has never seen the WEPS in order to set the profile and raise the perfect burr) I get tired of the “on and on” scrubbing. The knife in the video is one of a set of four. It took me ~50 hard determined scrubs per side to raise a full burr at 20 DPS (15-20 mins). I was…[Read more]

+1 on the leather chamois, I double stick tape it (2 pieces) to the inside of the jaws for convenience. It holds up great, blade doesn’t move and no damage.

They say that your own neurological system will not allow you to cut yourself in “normal” type circumstances. Of course, like anything the details: no coughing, bumps, etc and you must feel in a tangential not lateral with your fingers. Actually just like you are feeling the burr.

For sharpness out of the clamp, I use a thumbnail scrape (only…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>To me, the question is how to check the sharpness while still mounted edge up in the clamp. Very much how how can definitively feel a burr along the entire length by feeling with your finger in an upwards edge trailing direction.</p>
My favorite thumb nail scrape works great out of the clamp because you can rely on…[Read more]

Nice !!