06-08-2018, 09:51 AM
Thank you very much for those kind sentiments Ken and Rupert. A conspiracy of one gathers little momentum without
co-conspirators however. Ken, your Viel project thread provided a blueprint for the variable speed conversion process while Rupert and Henry provided much help and support. KG publishes detailed videos showing the steps taken to achieve 75 BESS knife edges and Grepper posts ready-to- manufacture drawings for his Kally knife rest and platen creations. Meanwhile, Mark Reich and his group of knifemakers on this Exchange freely disgorge tried and true methods relevant to sharpening and bladesmithing. Methods divulged that have taken them dozens of years, investment and hard work to learn.
Jan developed an HRC linearity tool that solved a riddle that has existed for a hundred years and then just gave it to us all.
Sure you can find all kinds of advice, both valuable and useless, on a dozen different knife forum platforms but the difference, as pointed out by Ken and Rupert is this; BESS Exchange members don't hold their cards close to the chest. The BESS Exchange exists to help knife sharpeners with their sharpening efforts and that's just what we do. All of us.
co-conspirators however. Ken, your Viel project thread provided a blueprint for the variable speed conversion process while Rupert and Henry provided much help and support. KG publishes detailed videos showing the steps taken to achieve 75 BESS knife edges and Grepper posts ready-to- manufacture drawings for his Kally knife rest and platen creations. Meanwhile, Mark Reich and his group of knifemakers on this Exchange freely disgorge tried and true methods relevant to sharpening and bladesmithing. Methods divulged that have taken them dozens of years, investment and hard work to learn.
Jan developed an HRC linearity tool that solved a riddle that has existed for a hundred years and then just gave it to us all.
Sure you can find all kinds of advice, both valuable and useless, on a dozen different knife forum platforms but the difference, as pointed out by Ken and Rupert is this; BESS Exchange members don't hold their cards close to the chest. The BESS Exchange exists to help knife sharpeners with their sharpening efforts and that's just what we do. All of us.