10-27-2018, 12:32 PM
I was about to start a new thread, but this title fits my question exactly, and it might be relevant to the original question posted here.
I normally use the manufacturers bevel angles when sharpening (being unwilling to change them until I have more experience), and something I’ve noticed had made me very curious. Most folding knives seem to come at 20dps, and I’m pretty used to how those perform with my sharpening. But some come with more acute angles, and I’m finding that those seem to score better on BESS testing, and are easier to get sharp (less time, less fussing/refining). IIRC, Jan made mention that there’s a higher probability of getting a smaller apex radius with these lower angles, which intuitively makes some sense to me, but I wouldn’t be able to explain to anyone why that would be true. So I’m looking for input; I’d just like to understand why my 15dps knife is so much easier to get sharp than my 20dps knife. For reference, I’m talking about 60~80 BESS.
I normally use the manufacturers bevel angles when sharpening (being unwilling to change them until I have more experience), and something I’ve noticed had made me very curious. Most folding knives seem to come at 20dps, and I’m pretty used to how those perform with my sharpening. But some come with more acute angles, and I’m finding that those seem to score better on BESS testing, and are easier to get sharp (less time, less fussing/refining). IIRC, Jan made mention that there’s a higher probability of getting a smaller apex radius with these lower angles, which intuitively makes some sense to me, but I wouldn’t be able to explain to anyone why that would be true. So I’m looking for input; I’d just like to understand why my 15dps knife is so much easier to get sharp than my 20dps knife. For reference, I’m talking about 60~80 BESS.