Nice knife. Where did you get it? Thanks
which knife do you mean??
Sorry. The one with the wood sheath. Beautiful knife! Thanks
Not sure how to copy the link. It is the one on Post # 2776
ok you mean the Parang, its from Malaysia. I will soon order a few more and also parangs from Borneo and start selling them, many of friends here in sweden want them bad :cheer:
Martin
got me a new knife. its a ZT 00200. cant wait to start sharpen it with wicked edge, it looks like my sharperner has got to sweden but my post office hasent got it yet…but soon 
By martint15 at 2012-05-17
By martint15 at 2012-05-17
Interested to see the results, particularly on that recurve.
Got the sharperner today:P and all i can say is YYYEEESSS!!! what a great product.Its only take me about 8min to learn and than its just went on, sharpend three knives under 60min:P ive got 100-1000 grit diamond stones only and im gonna order some finer stones, i jused to have problems to get my bk2 realy sharp but not now anymore:).Ive put some new black palm scales on the bk2 and they are only 70% finish but i couldnt wait…
and i also get a angle cub and that is a fantastic help to set the angles.
Its was worth all the waiting thanks Clay.
Martin lind sweden.
By martint15 at 2012-05-21
By martint15 at 2012-05-21
Today i did my parang. i gave it 20-22-24 angle.sorry that i dont have a better camera just my mobil phone to show you. Now i think i got The sharpest Parang in Sweden:P
Tomorow if i can find the time i will try out some of my Khukris on wicked edge.
and i also have a question??? i have 100grit to 1000grit now and i want to order some more stones is the ceramic 1200-1600 the right way to go?? ore something else?? i got a tight budget so no waterstones for me at this time.
Martin
By martint15 at 2012-05-23
[left]Hey Martin,
Nice! Looks like you are getting great results! Can’t wait to see more :cheer: And thanks for sharing the pics of your collection!
Do you only have the diamond plates right now - 100 to 1000? If that is the case, and you are intending to buy just one more set of handles for now, I’d go with a set of strops before I’d get the ceramics. I know that there are people who will disagree, but I think that the strops put on a nicer final edge, and they shine better. 5 and 3.5 micron is next logical step after 1000. As for substrate - I use leather for my initial sharpening but the balsa has the advantage on touch ups of being able to stand up edges that the leather won’t and the shine/edge is comparable between the two so I think it is really a preference call.
If you have strops already - then I’d add the ceramics prior to going finer on the strops as IMO they really take out the scratches from the diamonds nicely. I use them primarily when I’m going for superior mirror finishes after the diamonds and before I strop.
I found most kukris are easiest to do in two steps since depending on how big the belly on the blade is it can be hard to get the stones to track evenly along the full length. So, position the knife with the handle closer to the vise and do the rear of the blade into the back of the belly first - using a sharpie to see how the stones are tracking and stopping where the line cleaned off by the plates stops cleaning the full bevel and comes down onto the shoulder. Sharpen that section to just behind that point where the stones stopped tracking working through all your stones to whatever grit you intend to finish with. Then, when you are done with that section, move the blade back in the clamp grabbing close to the tip and work the belly to the tip overlapping the section you already sharpened about an inch or so. Again use the sharpie to find the position where you can clamp the blade so that you match the angle of the section you already did and carry it all the way to the tip without widening the bevel - and work through all your stones again making sure to work the overlap. If you have strops, you can hit the full blade length when you are done to blend it all together. I’m gonna try to attach a video of a cold steel kukri that I did at a show - about 31 degrees each side (measured with angle cube since the blade thickness throws off the angles as shown on the base rod) sharpened with the Pro-Pack Stones - diamonds from 100 to 1000 then leather with 5 and 3.5 micron paste.
PS - might try with an inexpensive one prior to jumping into the beauties in your collection - they sure look nice and I can’t wait to see your results!
Have Fun!:woohoo:
Bob[/left]
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Not sure how to do this and it doesn’t seem to be working so I’m trying that video again…
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Hi Bob thanks for the info, this forum is great.
i have 100-1000grit stones from wicked edge and then i take 2000 and 2500 water grind paper (ore what its called in english )and then i wrap it on the 1000grit stone and start to polish, finaly i juse leather strop by hand. But for best result i think its better not to do the stropping by hand for right angle.
thanks martin
Hi Martin,
I agree with Bob. If you want to get shiny edges, a leather strop with one of the Wicked Edge pastes is the way to go. If you want to get the edge sharper, go for the ceramic stones. That works way faster than stropping. And if you want to get your edges sharper and shiny, get them both :-).
Now my kabar becker bk2 with blackpalm scales are done, i think it came out realy nice fits perfect in my hand and are scary sharp.Built like a big tank but sharp as hell:P I will try to get a better camera so i can show more of the edge.
hope someone like it.
martin
By martint15 at 2012-05-25
By martint15 at 2012-05-25
By martint15 at 2012-05-25
Martin,
Great job on a great knife. I am a big Ka-bar fan. They charge a very fair price for great blades. Nice steels, well made, excellent designs. I wish more knife makers would take their lead and do the same. There are so many ‘big name / respected names’ just making average blades and putting crazy price tags on them. They are just selling you a name for 4x what Ka-Bar wants for really good stuff!
I am glad you put the effort into your Ka-Bar. Keep up the good work! -Dan
Wow! That is a great job! I have a BK-16 since a few weeks and I love it. It is a great knife, only the handle isn’t perfect. Which you fixed… beautiful!
My confidence its starting to grow so i did my my ZT 0200 :woohoo:
its new and was fairly sharp but now it is “SHARP”…im so happy that i got the sharperner:P
By martint15 at 2012-05-27
By martint15 at 2012-05-27
and to day i made…my favo hunting knife, a real fat one in rwl34 steel. and for the first time ive got a mirror finish on the edge, not perfect but a bit on the way,and its realy sharp:P
its almost like a drog to see the edge starting to shine:P
the pictures dont make the knife as good as it is.
martin
By martint15 at 2012-05-29
By martint15 at 2012-05-29
By martint15 at 2012-05-29
double post