01-28-2020, 02:45 PM
I've done a handful of blades on this now. I'm getting good edges, but taking a long time deburring as I get my technique down. The best I've gotten so far is a 140 BESS edge on a 5" Santoku blade. That was only at one spot. The others were 145 and 150 (I think). More typical for me is a 170 to 190 edge. Those seem quite sharp as well. Then when I screw up and leave some burr on, I get a 250 or 300 in a spot or two! After deburring more, I can usually get these down to below 200.
I've spent some time refinishing some blades too. I started with an old machete and was pretty proud of the results. After more practice, I decided to work on a nice kitchen knife that I use very often. I had scratched that blade really badly by following Murray Carter's method of "thinning" the blade. He says you should lay the blade flat it's side on top of a 1000 JIS stone and scrub away to thin it's profile. It made my blade very ugly.
Here's a video I shot part way through the process. Now that I'm all the way through the process, I'm pretty happy with it.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XdKsob...7z1MEpRGiu
Brian.
I've spent some time refinishing some blades too. I started with an old machete and was pretty proud of the results. After more practice, I decided to work on a nice kitchen knife that I use very often. I had scratched that blade really badly by following Murray Carter's method of "thinning" the blade. He says you should lay the blade flat it's side on top of a 1000 JIS stone and scrub away to thin it's profile. It made my blade very ugly.
Here's a video I shot part way through the process. Now that I'm all the way through the process, I'm pretty happy with it.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XdKsob...7z1MEpRGiu
Brian.