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Hi Guys,
i have just recieved my W/S Micarta and was a little disapointed with the edge, to sort this our i have bodged together a Hoodoo Hone with some 1500 grit wet and dry. Before i :***: it up is this too abrasive a grit or has anyone any better ideas, i hope someone can help cos its doing my head in.
cheers guys :wave:
rapidboy
06-10-2004, 20:23
I use a stone ,then strop with 1200 wet and dry ,then strop with a starkie.
Shaving sharp in no time.
Take your time and use the same number of strokes for each side to keep it even.
What rapidboy said :biggthump
Cheers everyone,
ummmm anyone know any way that i can break the news to my better half that i spent "all that money" on a "bl**dy knife" or is it secret squirrel time?
suggestions please!!!! or this might be me :pack: all the time
Squidders
06-10-2004, 22:00
Say it with flowers :wink:
rapidboy
06-10-2004, 22:57
Tell her how much you "saved" by buying the WS instead of the Alan Wood.
:o):
tenbears10
06-10-2004, 23:58
I go for the secret squirrel :wink:
Bill
Moonraker
07-10-2004, 00:14
I would go for the backdoor and keep running.. nothing stays secret for long :)
You could always go for the Ostrich approach :o):
Err, just don't!
RB, if you were to strop on 1200 grit, wouldn't you make it slightly convex?
Lou, IMO invest in some waterstones, and do it on them, that way you can be sure you'll have a completely flat grind. then just strop on the Starkie on a flat surface so to retain its flat edge.
If you don't know about the starkie (http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=19854&recno=9&cid=XPVEECE79MNWL8XO6DE6L5SG4C SOMY5E) its a piece of leather and a block of magic paste. It really is magic!
You rub it onto the leather, strop and you'll have a high polish razor edge in no time!
Cheers.
Great Pebble
07-10-2004, 14:46
ummmm anyone know any way that i can break the news to my better half that i spent "all that money" on a "bl**dy knife" or is it secret squirrel time?
What you need is a Land Rover.
When something new arrives, put it in the Lanny.
Bring it in later and if asked, say it was lying in the Land Rover.... You're not lying. Well, not exactly...
TheViking
07-10-2004, 15:02
Tell her you found it. :o): :wink:
...In a forest up near Mynedd Du, and it belonged to me.
MagiKelly
07-10-2004, 16:42
Am I the only one whi is horrified that it was sent out blunt in the first place. For almost a £100 the least they can do is sharpen it.
He never said it was blunt, but if it was then yes I am.
i was thinking that, send it back mate!
Agreed, send it back, Woodlore are very helpful.
Its not blunt at all but i feel it could be better,
and its in the landy at the moment!!! :o):
its easier to retain a rezor edge than it is to put one on there to start with! you need to at least let them know, even if you dont send it back!
rapidboy
07-10-2004, 18:45
RB, if you were to strop on 1200 grit, wouldn't you make it slightly convex?
Yes ,But I use 1200 on a piece of plywood ,no soft backing and it keeps a completely flat grind.
I said strop because the action is pulling it across the wet and dry rather than pushing it on a stone but it is not a proper stropping action.
Mine was sharp when new but not as good as it could be.
I used a stone then 1200 and the the starkie ,and it gets a little strop each evening just to keep it shaving.
rb
Same technique i use with the starkie. To keep my bevel completely flat grind i use it on a hard surface.