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I know there a bigger and more blunt blade so does that mean that they’re not really going to be as razor sharp as for instance the spider co-Delica 4. Because with the Delica I can almost shaved hair with it and it lifts skin with the smallest amount of pressure. But with the kabar it takes a good ...

A few response questions. 1) when u guys talk about creating a micro bevel vs not doing one. I see that the suggestion was to do 30 degree backbevel and 40 degree inclusive angle for micro bevel if u don’t do micro bevel and to just do 30 degree for the bevel. But if my blade says the edge is 20 deg...

So the diamonds are coarser than the brown one ??

Let me quote myself from a recent thread.... Since no one has mentioned yet, a tip for the sharpmaker. Before you start to sharpen your knife, mark the entire edge with a black Sharpie (I use a red one too sometimes, any color will work I guess). This is so when you use the sharpmaker you can see e...

The way i see it is that you can either choose to use a 30 degree backbevel and go with a microbevel of 40 degrees. (Indeed 20 degrees per side.) Or you can sharpen only at 15 dps. The last option is my personal favorite. Wether it is for your Kabar or delica’s. In both cases your knives will get s...

currently I have the medium (brown), white( fine), and white with red tip (ultra fine) and I'm wondering is it worth buying the diamond set of triangle stones. keep in mind I only sharpen with the sharpmaker and I don't own any bench stones and I don't really know how to use them as well so with tha...

1) I just did some reading on the two slots for the 30 degree and 40 degree inclusive angles and if I understand correctly the 40 degree is for something where each side is a 20 degree edge and the 30 degree is for knifes with 15 degree edges which adds to 30 ??? is that how it works. if so ... I ha...