10-16-2021, 09:18 PM
Thanks for the welcome, appreciate it.
While I never lost my interest in knives, I quit buying 15+ knives a year several years ago. Before that, I was sort of one of the 'darksiders' on BF as far as seeing how sharp I could get knives. Regrinds, test jigs on kitchen scales, trying most of the natural stones out there, up to getting test mules made and run on a CATRA for an experiment. I avoided the temptation of the BESS testers for years, but now I want to see if I can get back to where I was, and if where I was, was actually any good.
I still have several dozen knives, so I have many with more utilitarian edges and will readily resharpen on a smooth or mill file, coarse SiC stone, or sandpaper. But this little sharpening obsession creeps up now and again.
I will try your suggestion about dragging across the leather. Will also try to view from a few angles with the scope as well, though the dof is poor and the plastic lenses leave much to be desired. Might go ahead and replace the usb scope I got rid of years ago when I thought I was over this, lol.
While I never lost my interest in knives, I quit buying 15+ knives a year several years ago. Before that, I was sort of one of the 'darksiders' on BF as far as seeing how sharp I could get knives. Regrinds, test jigs on kitchen scales, trying most of the natural stones out there, up to getting test mules made and run on a CATRA for an experiment. I avoided the temptation of the BESS testers for years, but now I want to see if I can get back to where I was, and if where I was, was actually any good.
I still have several dozen knives, so I have many with more utilitarian edges and will readily resharpen on a smooth or mill file, coarse SiC stone, or sandpaper. But this little sharpening obsession creeps up now and again.
I will try your suggestion about dragging across the leather. Will also try to view from a few angles with the scope as well, though the dof is poor and the plastic lenses leave much to be desired. Might go ahead and replace the usb scope I got rid of years ago when I thought I was over this, lol.