Joshua

[Joshua]

Thanks TC, that’s a valid point. The problem that I have is trying to recreate the incident. I have put the knife back into the clamp at the exact same spot and no matter how I angle the stone on the rod, I cannot get it to touch the blade where the scratches are… I use up-away strokes, but maybe something was off when I was initially trying to reprofile towards the tip.

Regardless, thanks for the advice. I have heard a lot of people talking about a downward stoke, and I think that I am going to have to try it. maybe I’ll get better results.

[Joshua]

Thanks Marc, I appreciate the thorough reply. The blade is not very long, and when “recreating the incident,” it doesn’t look like the stone caused it by direct contact, because the tried to twist it around ad I couldn’t get it to touch that part of the blade even when I tried. If I had to guess, it may have been that when I was using the newer, low grit stones (100 to reprofile), their may have been some loose abrasive that came off and when I wiped it down with the paper towel, it dragged the abrasive. I believe the tip needed a little more reprofiling, so I’ll bet thats what happened. Dang… lessons learned.

I will definitely be investing in some stops just for good measure though, thanks for the heads up on that!

Follow-up question then. If it was the abrasives coming off and me dragging them that scratched it, what method is best for removing loose shavings between stones? I was just using a dry paper towel or cloth. Is there a better way to avoid this?

Thanks again Marc, I appreciate you sir!

 

Josh

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