Steve Petty

[Steve Petty]

Thanks! It was shaving sharp before I started and it’s super shaving sharp now. Plus the bevel is more “polished” looking now. So I”m happy with it.

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Marc H

[Steve Petty]

Marc H wrote:

Is it sharper? Does it cut better?

Yes but it wasn’t dull to start with. Just wanted to touch it up a little.

[Steve Petty]

I worked on it a little with the 9 micron diamond lapping film and then some with my leather strop (manual) and it’s looking a lot better than before I started.

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[Steve Petty]

Okay, thanks for the advice and I will check it out. I went ahead and ordered an Advanced Alignment Guide so I can record my settings when I start to sharpen my good knives.

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[Steve Petty]

Appreciate it and yeah I had marked the bevel with the black sharpie that came with the WE. I had to adjust the angle a few times to get it to remove all the marker. So I’m learning. lol.

[Steve Petty]

I was able to get a pretty good edge on this cheap $5 knife from walmart. This is finishing with the 9 micron diamond lapping film. I’m practicing on cheap knives before I try out the WE on my expensive knives. lol .Thanks for everyone’s advise!

 

 

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Thanks for the link. I’ll have to get me one of those.

 

[Steve Petty]

May I ask what you guys use to inspect the blade edge with so close?

 

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Steve

[Steve Petty]

Okay, thanks for the tips. I haven’t bought any strop blocks for it yet. I did order some 9 Micron Diamond Lapping Film  for the glass side of the 1500 grit blocks i have. They should be here next week. I do have a kangaroo strop on a wood block made for free hand stropping just haven’t gotten anything for the WE yet.

Also with what I have now the 200/600, 800/1000, and 1500/glass (and 9 Micron Diamond Lapping Film ), if you had those and could only get one more pair for now which set of strops would you purchase?

 

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[Steve Petty]

Okay thanks! I bookmarked it.

 

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Marc H

[Steve Petty]

Thanks! Do you have a link to WE Go forum? When I click forum in the top bar that link isn’t there and I don’t see it in the main forum.

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