Re: Why water stones?
...with the ceramics. I did about 75 strokes trailing edge, 50 or so leading edge, and finished with about 25 0r so trailing edge strokes at each grade. (Edit: I... »
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Re: Why water stones?
...the scratches from different angles. I did about 75 edge trailing stokes, then 75 edge leading strokes, then about 30 edge trailing strokes… you can see the scratches… Notice the... »
Re: Why water stones?
...set of the ceramics and alternated every 50 with edge leading and edge trailing strokes. I really wanted to get results that would allow me to use this as my... »
Re: First question
...blade” from any direction… heel to tip or tip to heel, while going edge trailing or edge leading. By learning to stop at the tip… it made it easier to... »
Re: 2000x Microscope
...it at least helps me visualize more clearly what’s going on with some of the finer grits. It’s also helpful for analyzing different techniques like edge-leading vs edge-trailing. Once of... »
Re: Formation of Micro-Serrations – 800x
...with the 600# stones with very light pressure: Next I cleaned up the edge again and then did 10 edge-trailing strokes with very light pressure: Attachments: Edge-Cleaned-up-2.jpg 600-Edge-Leading.jpg 600-Edge-Trailing.jpg... »
Re: Formation of Micro-Serrations – 800x
...Here are some shots of the edge after the 100# diamonds: Edge-Leading (Looking straight down on the edge) Edge-Trailing (Looking straight down on the edge) And here is the... »
Re: Leading or Trailing Strokes
Ralph, you’re right I just goofed up my answer. I stropped with the roo at 25 and used the .6 ceramics at 30! Thanks for catching it. Clay,... »
Re: Leading or Trailing Strokes
Clay, For some reason I was expecting the opposite. With the roo strops at 30 deg, would it not roll the edge over? … and with the 0.6um... »
Re: Leading or Trailing Strokes
Hey Ralph, I have the sharpener set at 25 degrees for the .6um and 30 for the for the roo strops. Clay, What angle did you use to... »