09-05-2017, 07:55 PM
Sorry, I forgot about the last holiday of summer. We had a great little vacation, and I hope everyone had a fun weekend!
I was sort of teasingly trying to gauge interest in edge retention tests. Like EOU explained, edge retention testing doesn't seem to be gaining the traction it should. I'm happy we have other things to talk about, but I was hoping we would get around to it eventually.
I was hoping to show that retention testing doesn't have to be complicated or all encompassing. Every little bit helps. Whatever anyone has to offer, it's welcome here. Nothing has to be perfect. It's not a competition.
I had to do my testing over this morning. I thought I could remember, but I wasn't planning such a hiatus. As I was working, it did start coming back to me. The results were pretty darn repeatable.
With a little more learning and practice, I'm getting consistent working sharpness of 120 KN100s without any fooling around at all. I just do a normal quick touch up, and Bam, 120. The surprising thing is it doesn't matter if I'm using the 140 or the 400. What's more, after 100 cuts, they are both measuring about 250!
Maybe there is a different feeling when going through the rope that would match my intuition. I think so, but it will take more cutting to say with confidence.
The testing really isn't grueling or boring. It just takes quite a bit of time, which I'm sorry to have so little of.
I was sort of teasingly trying to gauge interest in edge retention tests. Like EOU explained, edge retention testing doesn't seem to be gaining the traction it should. I'm happy we have other things to talk about, but I was hoping we would get around to it eventually.
I was hoping to show that retention testing doesn't have to be complicated or all encompassing. Every little bit helps. Whatever anyone has to offer, it's welcome here. Nothing has to be perfect. It's not a competition.
I had to do my testing over this morning. I thought I could remember, but I wasn't planning such a hiatus. As I was working, it did start coming back to me. The results were pretty darn repeatable.
With a little more learning and practice, I'm getting consistent working sharpness of 120 KN100s without any fooling around at all. I just do a normal quick touch up, and Bam, 120. The surprising thing is it doesn't matter if I'm using the 140 or the 400. What's more, after 100 cuts, they are both measuring about 250!
Maybe there is a different feeling when going through the rope that would match my intuition. I think so, but it will take more cutting to say with confidence.
The testing really isn't grueling or boring. It just takes quite a bit of time, which I'm sorry to have so little of.