Ryan

[Ryan]

Thanks RL!

[Ryan]

So I’m about to sharpen an Emerson Chisel and would like some basic instructions on how to do this? Not sure how to begin.

(I’m surmising I just sharpen like a typical V grind only just do it on the one side? Start with a sharpie on the one side and then go through the progression of grits etc?)

[Ryan]

So Mark76 if Clay’s video is a good intro to creating convex edges then what is the process to maintain an existing convex? I have a Blind Horse knife that is already convex. It needs a re-sharpening badly. I do not know where to start??? Do I use a sharpie then use a 1000 grit until I start evenly removing marker? Let’s say it is 20 degree or 40 inclusive. Then back off to 22 degree to maintain the convex. I’m totally lost here and do not want to ruin a great convex knife.

[Ryan]

Thanks guys! I’m not questioning or challenging the merits of convex vs V grind. I can go V grind easier than I can convex. And probably do a V grind on my first attempt, then buy another one and try the convex…they’re cheap enough to experiment with.

I just wanted to know if the Opinel will fit in my new Pro Pack upgrade with the taller vice. I’ve not had good luck with the standard vise height and wanted to know if I can sharpen smaller blades now with the upgrade…also what process I should attempt to use if I decide to go with a convex. Thanks.

[Ryan]

So…rinsing the diamond and ceramic stones under a faucet using a toothbrush will not hurt or loosen the adhesive? I’m not concerned about the diamond or ceramic stones themselves just the potential loosening of the adhesive or anything else?

I’m afraid I haven’t been cleaning mine…I need to start using the damp towel/sponge next to the WEP and maybe do a deep cleaning under the faucet before my next sharpening. They’re dirty!

All I’ve been doing is just wiping the face of the stones on a dry paper towel but that is probably not as effective.

[Ryan]

So on thicker knives what would you suggest then for the primary/secondary a 17/20? Or 20/25?

[Ryan]

Thanks for the very descriptive explanation! This seriously helps. Now I’m going to give it a try.

Ryan

[Ryan]

Simply sharpen at 17dps fully, then put a micro bevel on at 20dps with very light passes!

That’s it? Wow, okay thanks Josh. I’m assuming then the micro bevel is created with light passes from higher grit stones? Perhaps at 600 or 800 and then up? Am I tracking correctly?

[Ryan]

Roger that Mark. Thanks for the prompt reply. 20/20 seemed safe to me. No microchips. It was fairly evenly sharpened by hand prior to my ownership.

Thanks!

Ryan

[Ryan]

Well…bought my WES from Bob, then ordered the ceramics from him just before Christmas and I’ll be a son-of-a-gun if he didn’t contact me today regarding the 50/80 diamonds. Geez Bob you’re a master of getting money out of me.

I have more things on my “wish” list but this time I’m going to keep it a secret because if I “confide” in Bob he ends up selling it to me. Funny how that works. Bob, it is pleasure to be one of your customers sir!

Ryan

[Ryan]

Thanks for the validation. Off I go to the WES!

[Ryan]

It may not have…the Radial runs past the wrist into base of the thumb and palm almost into the first distal and joins the Ulnar to create a network of vessels. Regardless, I was only relaying an actual event where an injury actually occurred due to a knife suspended in a vise and an person working around the tip/front. I didn’t mean to imply wearing a glove would have prevented his injury…however the other day when I was returning to the vise had I proceeded I would have stuck myself and a glove definitely would have helped had it actually happened. Thank God it didn’t but it was a wake up call for me.

I’ve since re-organized my resources and my process to keep me from going in front of the blade and always working on the sides thus mitigating the exposure.

[Ryan]

You know it isn’t a real bad idea to wear Kevlar gloves…I remember Bill Bagwell of the Bowie Knife fame tell me one day in his shop how he had a knife in a vice and reached around it to get something and caught his Radial Artery and bisected it. He threw a rag on it quickly and his wife made an improvised TQ and rushed him to the hospital. It scared the you know what out of him.

Anyway, the other day I was sharpening using the WES and I reached around and as I was returning to the vise I stopped and thought about how easy it is to catch the tip or edge and these knives are unforgivingly sharp! I keep a TQ near my work bench!

[Ryan]

Yea that’s the problem with baggies – the inside of the Baggie is coated with the paste so the only mitigation is to keep two sides together rubber banded to minimize cross contamination from the coated Baggie.

[Ryan]

So basically intentionally flatten or grind the edge down – thanks for this solution!!!

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