What a super job you did on my knife Clay! And what an excellent site/forum you have developed my friend. The Choseras put a lovely polished edge on my ESEE-4! Now I wonder what the Shaptons will do on my Fallkniven TK2 and the PXL folder. I wait with bated breath mate.
BTW, I love your avatar! :lol:
Congratulations Clay
Warmest regards
Leo
Hey Leo,
Thanks for joining the forum! I have had a lot of fun working on your knives, all of which are beautiful pieces. I’m very excited to work on the Fallknievens. If I weren’t doing all the documentation and micro-photography, I’d take them with me to the knife show this weekend to work on there.
The avatar photo was taken at a Christmas event at Old Bent’s Fort. About a week or two before Christmas, visitors to the historic fort in La Junta, CO can go back in time 150 years to life at the seam between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. The fort was the only point of safety and supplies along the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and Santa Fe. The reenactments for the Christmas celebration are so authentic and the all the volunteers are wonderful people putting their heart and souls into the event. We try to go every year with my mother and the kids and it’s one of my favorite events of the year. So, that picture has special meaning for me.
I will look forward to the knives whenever you are ready Clay!
That picture made me chuckle because I used to have a hat like that when I lived in North Bay. It was so big that my little head seemed so miniscule. People used to smile when they would see me wearing it.
That annual celebration sounds great…people should remember and celebrate their history. Just dawned on me that we have something in common…My major in university was philosophy and and a minor in history and in particular Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. I believe philosophy was one of your majors too.
Good luck at the Blade show this week-end my friend.
Best regards
Leo
What I meant to say…I look forward to seeing how the Choseras and the Shaptons work on my Fallkniven blades. The 1095 steel of the two ESEE knives is one thing but the 3G powder super steel of the Fallknivens is something else altogether. It will be interesting to see what stroke count will be like putting an edge on that stuff. Better have a drink of Gatorade ready as you sharpen those babies! LOL!
Cheers CLay
Leo
[quote quote=“leomitch” post=50]What a super job you did on my knife Clay! And what an excellent site/forum you have developed my friend. The Choseras put a lovely polished edge on my ESEE-4! Now I wonder what the Shaptons will do on my Fallkniven TK2 and the PXL folder. I wait with bated breath mate.
BTW, I love your avatar! :lol:
Congratulations Clay
Warmest regards
Leo[/quote]
Here is a CRKT I just finished with the Shapton stones:
Very nice! As soon as I figure out my wifes camera I’ll post some of mine.
Lets see if I did this right.
Spyderco Delica in ZDP-189 at 15 degrees.
Not the only knife I’ve done, But it’s my favorite.
Edit-Sorry the photo is so big. 
Looks like an excellent piece of work to me Mark! Very well done. That is one lovely knife…I must examine the Spyderco catalog again and see if there is anything I want. Did you do that with the standard WEPS stuff or did you use the ceramic paddles along with the strops too?
Best regards
Leo
Thanks Leo! This one was done with the strops down to 3.5u. My next purchase is going to be the diamond sprays and balsa strops. (and the choseras, and whatever ubercool thing Clay comes up with next) All in the pursuit of the perfect edge.
Mark
Mark,
That looks terrific!
Wow, how did you get those cool colored lines in the blade edge?!? Beautiful job…
I printed the lines out on regular paper and then just put the knife edge down on top. Once I found the right angle to hold the camera so that the bevel would reflect back, I snapped a few shots.
I printed the lines out on regular paper and then just put the knife edge down on top. Once I found the right angle to hold the camera so that the bevel would reflect back, I snapped a few shots.[/quote]
My Epic failed attempt at humor. Meant as compliment to the polished edge.
I printed the lines out on regular paper and then just put the knife edge down on top. Once I found the right angle to hold the camera so that the bevel would reflect back, I snapped a few shots.[/quote]
My Epic failed attempt at humor. Meant as compliment to the polished edge.[/quote]
That’s funny 
I can be a bit literal sometimes…
Here are some more recently sharpened knives:
Had a great time with all of these. The Carter knife send in by David McMurtrey is definitely my favorite; Hitachi Super Blue core, hand forged. Sharpened on the Wicked Edge at 15 degrees per side, polished to .125 microns with a variety of pastes including 1µ Boron Carbide, .5µ Chromium Oxide, .25µ Mono-Crystalline Diamond and .125µ Cubic Boron Nitride
WOW! Clay the photos of my knife look absolutely amazing. Thank you so much, and I cannot wait to get my hands on it! Again, Thank You!
I got my first polished edge tonight, doing what is about my 12th knife. It just an Old Hickory paring knife that never did have an edge so I started at 100 grit and went all the wat to 1600 grit. Then I stropped down to 3.5 microns and was suprised how good it looked. It’s not like Todd’s super polished edges but it’s a start.
Getting there! Wear down the stones, change directions with the paddles, spend extra time with each progressive grit, and get the strops biting in instead of ice skating, and it will improve ten fold.
Thanks Ed! Posts like that really help get further along, and I appreciate it.
I got much more of a polished edge tonight on my Strder SnG.
This is THE sharpest knife I’ve ever had!
