Roman Suarez
@romansuarez
active 6 years, 1 month ago-
Roman Suarez replied to the topic Sharpening a Microtech utx 85 double edge? in the forum Main Forum 6 years, 1 month ago
I’m not seeing the image. So here it is again
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Roman Suarez started the topic Sharpening a Microtech utx 85 double edge? in the forum Main Forum 6 years, 1 month ago
hi, y’all!
My friend is wanting me to sharpen his utx85 and I’m just not sure if it’s possible with the WE130. I feel like I could tape up the side I’m not working on, and clamp on the primary bevel while still having enough blade exposed to not hit the clamps with the stone?
Does anyone have experience with this?
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Roman Suarez replied to the topic Scratches below the bevel? in the forum Main Forum 6 years, 7 months ago
Thanks so much for your help. It seems like my next best option is to try the rubber washer idea. Maybe I’m just not realizing that I’m allowing that to happen. As far as the clamp, I used a small piece of blue painters tape. Do you recommend doing that?
What size washers or Orings do you use for the rods?
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Roman Suarez started the topic Scratches below the bevel? in the forum Main Forum 6 years, 7 months ago
Hi!
Hope y’all are doing well. I just wanted to ask for suggestions on how these scratches may be happening without ever missing the bevel allowing the stone to drag across the blade. Even when I take good caution, I haven’t been able to complete a sharpening without getting some of these scratches below the bevel… which makes no sense to…[Read more]
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Roman Suarez replied to the topic WE-130 Questions???? in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 6 years, 8 months ago
Can you provide pics? I think I had the same issue with dragging lines on the blade really far down the below the Bevel. I talked to Kyle and he said to be careful not to miss the bevel and let the stones hit the blade which makes sense but he also said this,
“when using your coarse stones, use a slightly wider angle than what you’re trying to…[Read more]
