06-11-2020, 01:00 PM
A friend of mine gave me this Cold Steel Sword/Machete. It's pretty neat. Here's how it performs after I sharpened it on the Kally.
Interestingly, I was able to use the KallyRest for this during deburring. I was having a hard time knocking the burr off with VF ScotchBrite. It kept holding on and holding on. So I mounted the KallyRest and was going to set it to a stupidly high angle like 45 degrees. But as I was dialing it up, I decided to try about 25 degrees instead.
Because the KallyRest is a rest, I was able to let the edge make very light contact with the VFSB. ...and in just one pass per side, the burr was almost completely eliminated. I was quite surprised and impressed. A little bit of manual work (without the KR) and then smooth leather with compound finished it up.
Brian.
Interestingly, I was able to use the KallyRest for this during deburring. I was having a hard time knocking the burr off with VF ScotchBrite. It kept holding on and holding on. So I mounted the KallyRest and was going to set it to a stupidly high angle like 45 degrees. But as I was dialing it up, I decided to try about 25 degrees instead.
Because the KallyRest is a rest, I was able to let the edge make very light contact with the VFSB. ...and in just one pass per side, the burr was almost completely eliminated. I was quite surprised and impressed. A little bit of manual work (without the KR) and then smooth leather with compound finished it up.
Brian.