Rob Abyane

[Rob Abyane]

Nice! So is the Glock in 10 mil!

Thanks brother! Both the Glock 20 and the ZT0200 are overbuilt and very effective. Love mine!

[Rob Abyane]

Rob

They are Sweet!
Did you use Strops or Film?
What grits did you use for the Mirror finish?

-Dave

Hey Dave,

I used 100/200, 400/600, 800/1000, 1200/1600 ceramic, 1.4 micron/.6 micron ceramic, 5/3.5 micron Balsa Strop, and 1/.5 micron Balsa Strop. As has been stated before — the more time is spent bridging grit gaps — the better the quality of the edge. Just redid my ZT0200 last night.

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[Rob Abyane]

Nice work! That picture of the ZT 03XX makes me smile. I recently picked up a 0300BW and can’t wait to put it on the WE!

Thanks brother! You’ll see that once the shoulders are thinned out and once you get a clean mirror polished edge, the performance dramatically improves. Cheers!

-Rob Abyane

[Rob Abyane]

hahaha Mark! Pay attention! The SYKCO has definitely been used — the Infimandu of course was only recently acquired. I’m starting to think you’re reaaaal sensitive about fixed blades cutting paper (among other things) 😉

No worries — I accept you for who you are 😉

[Rob Abyane]

Very nice! Did you do any reprofiling at all? I just recently reprofiled a 7-8″ bladed Al Mar to 10 dps on the Wicked Edge and it was NO FUN lol, took a LONG time.

Oh wow — I’m not aware of the starting edge angle on the Al Mar nor the steel — but reprofiling down to 10 degrees sounds like A LOT of work. However, I’ve noticed that the edges I get with a belt grinder — even ones that use a stropping belt — they don’t come out as sharp. I mean — for me — the difference is very noticeable. Sure the blades can push cut paper after using a belt grinder — but they’re not as pretty and definitely not as precise. Just my 2 cents of course.

I will say though — that I still need to learn to effectively master recurves. I find that I keep missing small spots that require me to go back to correct.

-Rob Abyane

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[Rob Abyane]

Hey Josh — I reprofiled the edge to 19 – 19.5 degrees. Some parts of the factory edge we’re close to 25+ degrees. It really did take long. I only have 100/200’s

[Rob Abyane]

Wow. Beautiful. Very nice!

Thanks!

[Rob Abyane]

Wow, again someone who confines his Busse to printer paper 😛 .

Just kidding, very nice work!

No restrictions at all — my Busse knives cut air, cut paper, cardboard, furniture, Christmas trees, wooden palettes, and a variety of different wood type trees. No discrimination around these parts

[Rob Abyane]

Maybe a few more days — but I’m ready to chop a pick up truck in half

[Rob Abyane]

niiice! I bet that took a while! lol

Lol so true — it really did take a while — but now it’s performance is scary effective. By the way Josh — this is Rob Abyane — I texted you not too long ago about sharpening/reprofiling the Mountainmandu. A lot of your posts and videos have been really helpful. Thanks man!

Btw I did this Schrade knife too . . .

-Rob Abyane

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