tcmeyer

If I understand your question correctly, I believe that flipping the horizontal knife holder rotates the vise on the same plane (or axis) as the rod centerline, so there should be no change in the relationship between the shape of the edge and the rod’s rotational axis.  It will be reversed but not otherwise altered.

As a side note, I see two…[Read more]

Front to back slippage is usually due to a distal blade taper, but if Buck knives (which seldom have significant tapers to them) are problematic, then it might be something else.  As Robert suggests, photos or a short video would be more helpful.

To expand on the taper problem as it relates to the LAA, the adapter is quite a bit wider than the…[Read more]

Bingo!  I now remember seeing that diagram when I ordered it, but it had been a while when I finally got around to starting it up and there was nothing like it in the instructions.  Thanks for the help, guys!

Yup, that’s why I assumed it would work with my PC.  Even in the instructions (which are printed so small I needed the microscope to read it) it implies that it should work with Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 and 11, which to me means PC compatible.  Maybe the caveat is that it’s WiFi with smart phone and USB with PCs.  I don’t think it says specifically th…[Read more]

Well that explains it!

Hmm…  I can mirror my smart phone to my smart TVs, so I wonder if…  No, probably not, but maybe I can find a cheap smart TV about 31″ to replace the monitor…

Thanks, guys!

Thanks for the quick reply, Richard.  I’ve got about ten other WiFi or LAN devices which are showing up on the device and network lists, but not the camera.  I recently switched over to a new hughesnet modem/router and it’s not letting me get direct access to the WiFi data at the modem.   I’ll call Hughesnet this afternoon to see if I can get a p…[Read more]

It only takes a very few strokes with an 800-grit stone to flatten an edge.  I think using a regular file is a bad idea.

Ribstabsheart:  To save time and excessive stone wear, I file the edge flat, down to the bottom of the deepest defect, using one of the finer diamond stones – like the 800 grit.  How long you need to work and edge is directly related to the amount of steel you have to remove and this process very quickly removes a lot of that steel.  Having do…[Read more]

My method is a form of “finding the sweet spot” except that I don’t try to match any existing bevel – which is what the sweet spot is originally intended for.  I pick a mounting position which matches the sweep of the stone to the belly of the knife.  Another way of looking at it is to imagine a line forming the radius of the edge’s belly and p…[Read more]

Billabong:  My question to you is what possible advantage to you see in a press-fit threaded stud as opposed to a dab of epoxy?  Wicked Edge either buys their rod-end couplings with a special stud mounted by the manufacturer or they very precisely fabricate studs of their own design.  Try to fabricate your own press-fit version and take the ri…[Read more]

Rod-end couplings are available at my local farmer’s outlet for about $8US.  I buy 12-inch lengths of 1/4″-28 threaded rod (sometimes called “all-thread”) and cut it into 3-inch segments.  Grind the ends flat and set them upright in the bore of a rod-end coupling with a dab of epoxy.  Perfect alignment is not necessary because alignment  lat…[Read more]

After a few attempts which produced a lot of blather, I decided to leave out a lot of the details, so I hope the final result is clear enough.  I chose to name it “The Wicked Edge Files.”

If there’s enough interest, maybe we should move to a separate thread.

Hi Timm:

Well, I’ve done it.  File mounted on Wicked Edge system with at least some success!  Video to come soon.

Regarding bugs and stuff…

The first time I started up my first USB ‘scope, I looked around for stuff to look at.  The videos and ads show coins and insects, so I picked up a fly I’d swatted earlier in the day.  I quickly called my wife to show her that the fly was actually still alive.  His (or her?) abdomen was pulsing as though it were br…[Read more]

Very impressive, Marc:  Do you mean the thickness of the blade where it enters the handle is 1.5mm?  Is it fairly constant along the spine?  What is the thickness at the shoulders?

I made a couple of simple kitchen knives out of 0.093″ steel with the blades about 7″ long and 0.015″ across the shoulders and I think they’re way too thick.  I’m reg…[Read more]

I’ll take a stab at the actual screen image width being actually about 5.25 mm wide.  If your laptop screen is 13″ (330mm) wide, then the magnification is about 63X (330/5.25).

Hi Timm:  Actually, your photos are looking real good.  I guess my only question would be if 12 dps matches what the factory had done, although I’d suspect that someone had subsequently installed the straight bevels.  I’m under the impression that all handmade Japanese blades are hand-sharpened to a convex profile.  The one knife I have came wit…[Read more]

I’ve got a couple of the very inexpensive ‘scope and have not been happy with them.  The first wouldn’t hold focus and the software for the second wouldn’t work on my older laptop – or I’m too dumb to make it work.  The third was a Carson and wouldn’t let me rest it on the edge without a clunky adapter.  My first ‘scope was a 5MP Celestron wh…[Read more]

Here are the Amazon links.  For the arm and clamp, you have to select the size:

1.   The  suction cup mount.  
2.   The long arm.
3.   The small clamp.