Would you be interested in checking out the 3K? The 400 is a prized possession so I wouldn’t want to put it in the mail. Hit me up in instagram if you’d like to check it out.
@EngineersPerspective701 oh man I appreciate that, but it's ok I'm sure I would love them but then I'd be making everyone else jealous lol, I try to feature things everyone can get even though I've been wanting to try them for years it's not like I can buy them if I fell in love ya know, good for you on the prized possession I feel that way about my Venev
@@NeevesKnives Yes, Metallic bonded, made in Ukraine. The same maker sells bench stones with diamond or CBN and metallic bonding. How do you like your Hapstones compared to Venev etc?
Nice. Exact same AWT scales I put on mine. Tried the lighter spring also but blade could almost fall open with that. I got after the 15v a little too much I think though in sharpening, geometry pretty "robust" now unfortunately, but not sure it was so great to begin with. Would be curious to hear the update after you carry/use it a bit after this sharpening.
Really like the scales but I do find that I have a little left to right play that I can’t get rid of with them that wasn’t there with the factory ones. You see a similar thing? Really tempted to get this reground or try it myself. My Cruwear manix that I got reground is by far my best knife hands down in terms of cutting
@EngineersPerspective701 No significant play in mine and blade centered pretty well. Can't remember for sure if I had any issues with it initially on install but I don't think so. Definitely like the weight reduction with these scales, plus having little variety of course. A regrind does sound nice. With that high of a carbide load though do you think it would leave the edge without enough support, I guess just wouldn't want to put too acute of an angle on it then maybe, or maybe not a major enough issue?
What is the term for the stropping stroke that use where you start by moving the tip outward and then bringing it back inwards before proceeding with the rest of the stroke. I’ve seen other people do this, but can’t figure out the benefit over just a “straight stroke” (made-up name) that starts at the tip and then ends at the heel. It seems that when you’re stropping towards yourself, you just use a “straight stroke”. If you get the same results on both sides, what’s the benefit of that extra tip motion when stropping away from yourself? Thanks so much for all the great content. I’ve learned a TON from you.
Thanks for the comment! Honestly it’s just a little extra precaution against stabbing my tip into the leather! Not sure what I’m so inconsistent with it but I guess it’s just about at this point!
@@EngineersPerspective701 Nice! Is there an actual name for that stropping motion? Are there official names for any of the various stropping motions? I couldn’t find any answers online (from my quick search). Do you know of a reputable sharpening/stropping guidebook that actual describes the various stropping motions and actually puts a name to them? The resources/blogs online that I’ve found seem to describe all aspects of stropping (find angle, different compounds/mediums, why it’s effective, etc.), but when it comes to the actual “motion”, they just show you the particular one that they use without discussing alternatives. Jared from Neeves Knives called your stropping motion the “reverse J”, but he also calls the suede side of a strop, “fury leather”, so I don’t think that and official name 🤣.
@@C69hJc4 I’ve heard it referred to the as the “J stroke” before as well but truthfully I’m not sure 😅! Don’t know of any resources you haven’t already pursued in all likelihood. Science of sharp likes to put real names to thinks so maybe he has something in one of his articles but I feel like he really just calls them “laps”. He’ll say “10 laps per side” or something to that effect. I’m sure he has what a lap is defined at some point
To vitrify something is to convert it to glass so think baking a ceramic dish for example. The super vitrified stone infers that the binding agent/matrix that the diamond particles are embedded in is very hard and slow wearing due to the specific material and vitrification process used. Essentially it’s the highest end of sharpening stone that can be made at the moment. Lots of amazing characteristics with little to no drawbacks
