This has always been the first and foremost rule in the use of knives.
It promotes safety, and reduces the amount of time you have to spend sharpening.
Some people find this rule restrictive, and those people are well advised to get a sharpmaker.
This has always been the first and foremost rule in the use of knives.
Brilliant!!! :pTucson Tom wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:01 amThis has always been the first and foremost rule in the use of knives.
It promotes safety, and reduces the amount of time you have to spend sharpening.
Some people find this rule restrictive, and those people are well advised to get a sharpmaker.
The SM 30/40 degree is referring to "inclusive angle" which is the total angle between both edges. 40 deg. inclusive is 20 on each side, 30 deg. inclusive is 15 on each side. You should be able to use the 40 deg. setting on the SM for your Tenacious.
Well that’s about all I’ve got to maintain a blade without mucking it up real bad. Besides my cheap pull through sharpening tools, and I won’t use those.
Having maintained edges with strops for decades I’ve found the SharpMaker used to cut a micro bevel gives me best results and the only edges I strop now are true zero ground Scandinavians.
Bloke wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:54 pmHaving maintained edges with strops for decades I’ve found the SharpMaker used to cut a micro bevel gives me best results and the only edges I strop now are true zero ground Scandinavians.
I personally can’t see that stropping an edge after you’ve cut a micro bevel, particularly with fine or ultra-fine stone can be of any advantage and I’m inclined to think it may well be detrimental.
All said … my $0.02c worth. :)
If you're using F or UF I'd skip the strop. I only use my strop on knives I finish with the medium rods or coarser, and only once or twice per side.
Once I get a sharpmaker I will lol. But, all I have is a homemade strop. It’ll get me by for a couple weeks.
That's in Australian currency so it's worth even less to some of us. :p
Ah, hahaha, ah, hahaha, ah, hahaha! :)