Thanks guys, I'm gonna give this 6k re-burring a try soon. (I just have to do a friend's knife, completely covered in rust and badly chipped edge: great chance to practice!)
Wow, how do you manage to get a burr on the 6000?!
Every time I move to that stone and switch to a "stropping" motion, the burr melts away at the very first passes and after that there's no way of reforming one (not that I really...
mmm... I don't have a lot of experience sharpening and when I started I bought the very same minosharp guiderails you mention.
Not only that, but I also bought another cheapo one set at a more teutonic angle of 20* - the idea at the...
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the sorts of problems you describe -- sure, epoxy and blade alignment issues are a drag, or the blade not firmly fixed into the handle is a drag. Handy folks can...
Bugger, just reached a decision for my choice of a petty and now was wondering about my last piece of equipment that's still missing, a slicer.
I obviously started browsing the forums and an idea formed into my mind that I wanted a...
Right.
Wag, BDL and Jon thanks heaps for your time and input.
Bugger, I had really hoped that guiderails on the back of the knife would have solved pretty much any angle problem by removing normal wrist wobbling. After all, you...
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no... they are not the same kind of ink
http://www.sharpie.com/enNZ/Pages/HomePage.aspx
Oh , THAT is a Sharpie?! Now that you've showed the logo to me I...
On another note - I'll try and find a Sharpie but not sure they sell them here in NZ. I might just steal a whiteboard marker from work!
Jokes apart, would that work by any chance?? (a whiteboard marker, I mean)
Mmm... right, a few things start falling into place but I must admit my concept of Rockwell hardness and how it differentiates steels was completely wrong - way too simplistic I guess.
But that's ok, thanks for your help gents, that...
