So I haven't done any freehand sharpening in a very long time, preferring my Sharpmaker, a new Tormek, and a new KME system instead. But, all this talk on the forums lately made me want to get back into freehanding. We all know the key to a proper technique is practice practice practice right? So I took my brand spanking new 2018 forum knife, a PM2 in S90V steel and set about polishing off the coarse Spyderco grind marks with the Spyderco 3x8 Ultra-Fine bench stone.
Four hours later, I present to you the mirror-edged results (under magnification no less)!
Now, I'll hear no more complaining about how the Medium brown stones aren't coarse enough for reprofiling!
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Okay, that was all tongue in cheek, I'm a bit slap-happy after standing at my kitchen counter for over four hours. Honestly, though, this is a great way to practice freehand sharpening for pros and novices. The UF stone isn't going to cause any major damage to the hard S90V, and the S90V isn't going to harm the ultra-hard ultra-fine bench stone. My old muscle-memo... er... um... proficiency returned quickly and I remembered why I like the freedom found in hand sharpening over clamp-type sharpening systems.
Oh... and one last thing... that four hours... yeah... that was just for ONE side. :rolleyes:
's in 10 different steels
