...Yet alas, I grind and grind, edge leading, edge trailing, scrubbing, cross cross to try and introduce “smaller areas that need to be broken off”. I’d flip the stone upside... »
...very light -reassure. I’m thinking that perhaps as I scrubbed with the 100 grit, I may have caused 2 issues? 1. Edge trailing strokes could have caused tear out. The... »
...I, like tcmeyer, also utilize an alternate side, left-right-left-right, edge leading sharpening stroke. For me it’s the final stroke direction with each and every grit. This removes any resulting burrs... »
...Delica 600 will do it too, especially with edge-trailing strokes. ZDP is supposed to be hardened to about HRc-64, according to Spyderco. Rockstead claims to harden it to 67. My... »
...up down at 100 grit diamonds to “re-profile”. Then 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2200, 3000. Each grit I used a combo of leading and trailing edge strokes, but... »
...That’s after you’ve mastered the basics of using your W.E. setup. Even then, your knives and your steels may be different, leading to similar or very different results from others.... »
...number of strokes. I used to deburr a blade after sharpening with my 3000 stones using a couple of edge leading strokes. I stopped doing that and just use my... »
...you've mastered the basics of using your W.E. setup. Even then, your knives and your steels may be different, leading to similar or very different results from others. My point... »
...the knife was sharpened by portions in this manner, either visually or otherwise. I end each grit in my sharpening routine with alternating side edge leading sharpening strokes, (down and... »
...alternating side edge leading sharpening strokes, (down and onto the edge), to remove any remnants of a burr or wired edge created during the sharpening processes and to fully expose... »
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