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Any Arkansas stone like that will be harder than your Japanese style synthetics. Harder and slower cutting, making it a little more forgiving. A hard slow abrasive like that helps you stop before you end up wrecking your edge again by 'over-honing'. :-)
VG10 is a great steel to work with. Takes an awesome edge and like you say it's easy to sharpen. It's the best of bolth world's steel when it comes to sharpening and edge holding.
+111raybartlett I think so. It's definitely been used on high-end Japanese kitchen knives for a long time and still proves very useful today in many folding knives.
Had a terrible week, pretty upset the whole time until I sat down and watch this video, man it sure did calm me down! And as always that's one of the best edge I've ever seen! Sasha is pretty and healthy too haha
Wow, great comment Kevin. I appreciate comments like these man. Glad you enjoyed it. As for the edge, I try! :-) Have a great day bud. Thanks for watching!
Really good video. So many want to make it look harder than it is but you did an excellent job. You just touched those hairs with the knife after sharpening and they just fell off. Ha ha... Again thanks for video and good job.
I like the choice of knife your using in the video, delica is a great knife I'm liking the Endura 4 alittle better. I like a little longer blade. Kyle try this sometime. When I do a sharpness check I cut hair without letting the blade touch the skin of my arm and on paper do push cuts and also fold paper so that it will stand by itself then try doing a push cut on the paper from top to bottom or roll the paper in to a round tube and see if it cuts the rounded side. That's a good test. I'm not trying to bash you or anything, I like your channel. Just saying those are proper test. Thanks
Hey James, thanks! Yes, I know all the tests. Been in the sharpening community for quite some time. Shaving hair without touching your skin is often called 'tree topping', in the straight razor community.
Great to see how sharp you get the knife,is one of my best EDC going that is next to my para 3 Cpm s110v , which never seems to dull much. Yes I am doing touch up on
That’s what I use for a edc blade it’s hard to get away from the Spydi hole for opening ? I’m hope to to put in order for one of your knives shout out from Annapolis vally Nova Scotia!
Great vid, I bought a delica4 last week. I have a oil stone would that be ok to sharpen the delica4 with. Or should I purchase a wet stone? Would love your opinion...
Hey Nick! Thanks for watching! You can definitely sharpen your delica with an oil stone, but oil stones generally come in much coarser grits. With some skill youll be able to get a decent edge, but never to this level you see here. Only high grit stones will polish like this.
Hi Kyle, I'm just wondering at what grit does it become difficult to feel a burr. I was recently touching up a chef knife starting at 800grit however because my knife was tough 62-63 RC it was very difficult to identify a burr particularly when my hands get wet. In your experience at what grit does the burr start to diminish? Bests R
what kind of stone is that? also when you reference another one of you older vids you should put a link in your description, that way that vid gets more veiws too, plus now i gotta search for it in your video list. lol and im lazy.
Is CPM S30V hard to sharp? Really? Maybe with your stones and free hand. I got two guided systems, Gatco and Lansky and with diamond hones (not stone) I don't have problems sharpening steels ever harder such as ZDP-189, Maxamet, CPM S90V or K-390
Hmm. There are a lot of factors. Is your delica made with VG-10 steel? Most are... which is a pretty decent steel. SO, I'd say you're either using your knife on materials you shouldn't be cutting, OR your final edge is more of a burr, which you quickly flatten.
Hi, im looking at getting the Spyderco Manix lw in s110v, but I like to stop my blades everyday to avoid having to remove extra steel , but from what I have heard s110v needs to have a toothy edge and I was wondering if I can still strop everyday ? I have a block stop one side black and one side green compound called flex stop I believe. And I also have S30V military and if that an be stropped everyday also because I have heard that needs a toothy edge as well. Probably sounds like a ridiculous question but most of my blades are vg 10 , so don’t really know how to go about this tough super steels, cheers Zac.
Hey Zac, with s110v, your knife doesn't need to be stropped constantly. The steel is so incredibly tough that you'll rarely need to hone or sharpen it, unless you're extremely rough on your gear, or you're doing something you shouldn't be doing.
I have a Delica 4 that I bought new from Amazon and it's got play issues. I have to choose between tightening the screw on it so the blade stays centered, but then it's tough to open and doesn't fall free at a 90 degree angle when I hit the spine button to close it, or keeping it looser and having the blade literally just rest on one side or another of the inner scales when it's closed. I don't have this blade play problem with my other good knives like Boker Urban Trapper or even Kershaw. Is yours like this too?
Mine isn't really like that, but my certainly doesn't fall closed either! My delica is tight enough that I cant flick it open. Super light scales, and a tiny pin. Maybe you need to find a sweet spot on the pivot tightening? Not sure!
I prefer it to be tight. I can still close it one handed by pushing on the backlock with my thumb and using my index finger to move the blade a bit, then switch grip a bit to finish closing the knife.
Hi from Willow Alaska... Has anyone sharpened their spyderco on a KME system ? I just ordered the KME from Amazon , and now I'm really eyeballing the Spyderco Manix 2 s110v . I am no were near good enough on a whetstone right now to get a phenomenal edge like the one in this vid.. i'm going to need a couple years of practice . In the meantime I'm wondering if a KME will do the trick ? ... ty ty =)
Hey Bill, it will likely depend on grit ratings. Your KME will get you there, I'm willing to bet. However, it may take you a little while with such tough steel
I notice you use a leading edge stroke. You find it makes a difference? does it matter? You don't use fingers on middle of blade for pressure. Is the right hand controlling angle and pressing down, suppose it must be. I'm obviously a beginner looking for advice and most seem to use trailing edge, (so does Murray Carter plus he switches hands).
The thing about Murray Carter is he must have bionic hands to get the results he gets with just the stones. Look at jdavis882's channel for a process and technique that is reproducible by a normal person.
thanks for the video. blonde hair is very thin and easy to cut/whittle, easy on the edge, ask any hair dresser. xerox copy paper is very easy to cut too, as shows the beginning of your video. maybe you could show more challenging cut tests such as WHITE PAGES phonebook paper and NEWSPAPER paper. YELLOW PAGES phonebook paper is less challenging than WHITE PAGES but also better than your photocopier paper.
I have the King 1000/4000, and have used the King 6000. Also have used Weiderfan's Woodstock 1/6k. I prefer the king's 1000 side but I prefer I think the Woodstock's 6000 side. So really you can't go wrong. I find my 4000 king easy to gouge with too much pressure, but the Woodstock's seems harder. Which makes it preferred by me.
No problem, I don't have experience with many wetstone brands but these two I have a good bit. I've seen some edges that Weiderfan gets off that 6000 Woodstock that would compare well with many 8000 grit hones. If I wasn't already outfitted in those grits I'd get the Woodstock myself. If I had unlimited funds I'd get it anyways!
A few comments...I do not profess to be a pro sharpener and most of my years experience is on straight razors but it appears you were changing your blade angle during sharpening, allowing your stones to get a bit dry, testing sharpness with your fingers at times rather than paper or finger nail (until the end), using two hands on the blade which even light pressure can add too much and or uneven force - better to use one hand and just the weight of the blade with a slight sweeping motion to cover the entire blade (right?). Just observations...maybe I've been doing it wrong all these years? Thanks for the video though.
