Just got a new cerax #1000 water stone to add to my #6000 cerax and #10000 yoshihiro water stones. The #6k and #10k glaze over pretty quickly but all you have to do is use a nagura stone to shave away the glazed layer and then its back to business. The #6k and #10k both remove metal pretty fast tho so by the time they glaze you already have that nice mirror edge finish. If any of you guys are thinking of getting into knife/razor sharpening i highly recommend it. Fucking around sharpening blades while watching tv is almost as much fun as fucking around with my guns while watching tv. Handling weapons i think is a pretty fun and rewarding experience if you are an aspergers engineering nerd. Material science and ballistics physics are really fun concepts imo.
great thread nigger.
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>>65151629I need more WetOrDry 3M paper for reshaping and sharpening a draw knife. I'm looking into making stuff like handles at home for reasonably cheap as for what new hickory handles cost, I could go to Harbor Freight and buy a replacement cheap shitty beater hatchet. Or a replacement shitty beater axe. Or for the cost of one hammer handle, I could buy like 15 flea market hammers of various types. I know profit has to be made but god damn are handle prices something if I remember right. And I need a small mattock handle; original maker that's somehow still around like 80 years later wants like $40 before shipping.If I could find a cheap spoke shave, now that would help immensely.
>>65151629Sorry, do you only have a 1000, 6, and 10? You'd at the very least want a 3k in between.There's a youtube video about sandpaper I just watched which very clearly explains the problems with not stepping up the grit size properly.Anyways I've always found the finishing stones (anything above 2k really) to require an excessive amount of time for little benefit. A 600 can make a hair shaver.
