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Wed May 06, 2020 5:40 pm

I stick with the same side that I take the knife apart on unless there's a blade centering problem, then sometimes it helps to fiddle with the other side. One side will likely need to be totally tight in order to dial out blade play.

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Hi guys,

For the Spyderco Para 3 LW, it has pivot screws on both sides. What is the correct approach to adjusting the pivot? Do you tighten one side all the way and use the other side to do the tuning for the pivot? If so, does it matter which side you tighten all the way? Thanks Spyderco community!

Thanks for all the help, I forgot to update it's been a while but it's hair shaving sharp now. Bevels are uneven but only an aesthetic thing and I'm happy the knife is sharp :) Quick question... The pivot has screws on both sides for the Para 3 LW. Is the proper way to tighten one side all the way a...

To be clear, I meant to say that if properly apexed it should be shaving sharp straight off the diamond/cbn rods. If it’s not then you likely aren’t quite there yet. The sharpie can give you a false impression sometimes when you’re close. Meaning it can look like there’s no sharpie left when you re...

Hi Many, if you have properly reprofiled and reached the apex on both sides then your edge should easily slice paper and shave arm hair (assuming you have made some lighter alternating passes to remove any burr. If you don’t have that level of sharpness then you are almost certainly not profiled al...

Hi ManyReason, I would also suggest that you get a magnifier loupe, maybe 10X so you can study the edge as you learn. sal Hey Sal, The loupe actually came early and I got it now. It's a cheap loupe I got on Amazon that has 10x, 20x, and 30x, although the lens for the 20x and 30x are too small, I mo...

The more you use the sharpmaker, the more you sharpen period, the better you will get. Don't worry too much about being able to slice paper with your right and left hands. I concern myself with does the edge feel the same on both sides? Example, I use my thumb to check the edge. Using my right thum...

UPDATE: Good news (I think). .... Great that it worked out for you!! I think in hindsight it might be a good thing that you really got into sharpening and reprofiling right from the beginning of your "Spyderco-journey", even if it took a bit of an effort obviously... ;) You say you want &...

UPDATE: Good news (I think). After reprofiling my bevel to 30 (15 DPS), I found that my blade still wasn't sharp. I had the flexcut leather strop, applied some compound, and a few low angle and soft passes put my edge pretty sharp to both sides (however after some cutting on paper, one side wasn't s...

UPDATE: Good news (I think). After reprofiling my bevel to 30 (15 DPS), I found that my blade still wasn't sharp. I had the flexcut leather strop, applied some compound, and a few low angle and soft passes put my edge pretty sharp to both sides (however after some cutting on paper, one side wasn't s...

Yea I recently got my Para 3 and one was perfect 15 degrees on one side but the other was a little obtuse angle, I had to reprofile with diamond rods but it's fine at the end, I'm learning and honestly more aesthetic for me! At the moment I have successfully reprofiled that wonky side to 15 degrees...

Yea I recently got my Para 3 and one was perfect 15 degrees on one side but the other was a little obtuse angle, I had to reprofile with diamond rods but it's fine at the end, I'm learning and honestly more aesthetic for me! At the moment I have successfully reprofiled that wonky side to 15 degrees ...

I have ordered one and it will arrive monday, can't wait to use it

Edit now... I'm positive my whole bevel is 30 degrees now. It took a lot of reprofiling but after putting sharpie on both sides, after a lot of passes the sharpie comes off on both sides at 30 degrees. Now, I can't cut paper when coming off the diamond rods. I'm making sure to progressively use very...

Here's a photo of that messed up side: bevel is mostly good towards the middle, (maybe a very mini line of sharpie not seen on camera), but the choil and tip have inconsistent sharpening and leave large sharpie marks. Link: https://imgur.com/a/YFO4NjK EDIT: There are two images. The first one (tip f...

Thank you all for the replies. So far, here's what I've done: I spent a few hours trying to reprofile the messed up side with the diamond rods. I used the flat sides of the diamond rods at 30 degrees and used light pressure, and made sure my knife was perfectly vertical the whole way through. I made...

Hi ManyReason, welcome to the forum! Sometimes the edge grinds come a bit uneven from the factory. From your description, it sounds like one side of your knife is a perfect 15 degrees, while the other is a bit more. Being uneven like that may make sharpening a bit annoying, but it isn't uncommon an...

Thank you all for the replies. I will try continuing to rebevel. I did watch the Spyderco sharpmaker video via YouTube, all 4 parts. I will try this again to see if my results change

Hi manyreasons, congrats on your Sharpmaker, it is a great tool! The first thing you need to do is decide if you want to use a microbevel or not. Opinions vary but I almost always use a microbevel because it makes it ridiculously quick and easy to resharpen a knife...especially with the sharpmaker....

Ah, I wish I saw your messages before I tried to reprofile my edge... I think it's fine though