Knife Sharpening - Sharpening Systems and Techniques (Read 14705 times)

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Knife Sharpening - Sharpening Systems and Techniques
« Reply #40 on: February 09, 2019, 03:54:17 PM »
I've been using this strop which is on a piece of wood with tormek honing compound that was recommended to me to use with leather strop from a guy at woodcraft store in kalihi.
Maybe I need a different compound
Thanks for the video too  :shaka:

I have the green honing compound: chromium oxide and aluminum oxide.  It's equivalent to 400 - 600 grit abrasive.

There are several compounds you could use, most identified by the color.

This was posted  in the Questions section on Amazon for the compound I use:

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BLACK = Emery Compound, a course abrasive material for removal of scratches, pits, paint, rust etc.
BROWN = Tripoli compound used for general purpose cut and color on most soft metals.
WHITE = Blizzard compound, used for color and final finish of harder metals, has a cutting action.
RED = Jeweler's Rouge, designed to polish without any cutting action. Safe on thin plates. Use on its own wheel.
BLUE = A dryer, almost greaseless wheel - designed to polish without any cutting action. Safe on thin plates. Use on its own wheel.
GREEN = Used exclusively for Stainless Steel.
I use the green exclusively on a leather strop to polish the cutting edges on my stainless steel carving tools.

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drck1000

Re: Knife Sharpening - Sharpening Systems and Techniques
« Reply #41 on: January 22, 2020, 05:41:12 PM »
Gave my Wicked Edge sharpening system a workout over the weekend.  Sharpened a bunch of knives for my buddies at a BBQ.  Was SUPPOSED to be I show them how to use the WE to sharpen their knives, but a cutup strop later and I was sharpening them.  :grrr:

I was gonna order a set of stones in the finer grit anyways, so I guess good timing.  The WE stones do take a bit to break in and after maybe 4-5 knives, the stones seem to be primed.  Also noticed the differences in sharpening some different steels.  First was an S35V that was pretty dull.  That took a while and use of a coarser stone to work the edge.  Then an Seki City Spyderco that was super easy in comparison and I was able to get that one very sharp pretty quickly. 

I tend to sharpen the knives I use often to a "good enough for me" edge, but one buddy wanted it sharper, so I had him try the stropping set.  A few misdirected stroked and my nice strop was cut up. 

I also used the WE for a kitchen knife.  I usually use stones for kitchen knives since the blade is usually pretty straight profile and I can usually get them very sharp with stones.  I think I'll stick to stones.  I was able to get the kitchen knife very sharp with the WE, but it took way more time than I would have with whetstones. 

macsak

Re: Knife Sharpening - Sharpening Systems and Techniques
« Reply #42 on: January 23, 2020, 09:35:51 PM »
Gave my Wicked Edge sharpening system a workout over the weekend.  Sharpened a bunch of knives for my buddies at a BBQ.  Was SUPPOSED to be I show them how to use the WE to sharpen their knives, but a cutup strop later and I was sharpening them.  :grrr:


TFTI

drck1000

Re: Knife Sharpening - Sharpening Systems and Techniques
« Reply #43 on: January 24, 2020, 10:34:38 AM »
TFTI
You don’t own knives, so no sense 🤷🏻‍♂️

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