10-10-2018, 10:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-10-2018, 10:13 PM by KnifeGrinders.)
![[Image: Burr_formation.jpg]](http://knifegrinders.com.au/dropbox/Burr_formation.jpg)
The references given in this thread tell us that no sharpening can be burr-free, even when no burr can be detected.
The metal deformed at the edge by sharpening influences the properties of this edge weakening it.
Keeping in mind that cross-hatched in the illustration is the zone of plastic deformation, take a closer look at the negative burr final step, and note that even when no burr is hanging on the apex, we still have to hone away the deformed metal (cross-hatched) till the clean non-stressed edge.
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