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finished doing a vid on the cruwear delica for those curious about cruwear's performance before giving the upcoming shaman sprint run a go. Keep in mind, results may vary from person to person depending on how they cut, what they cut, how they sharpen and other variables. here the link to the vid ht...

Think of elmax as more of a high level workers steel. While the hair whittling sharpness goes away fairly fast, the working edge is where this steel truly shines.

I use a little bit of 3 in 1 oil. Removes virtually all the loaded metal. Now I find this really interesting. I don't doubt you because you sound like your sold on it. But I'm wondering how that would work :confused: ?? Now a few years back there was an old machinist I used to work with that showed...

I use a little bit of 3 in 1 oil. Removes virtually all the loaded metal.

I touch up with a medium grit usually so I am confident that I am removing fatigued steel. I have a lot to say about this and very little time. Basically, hype is real. These are all steel alloys and will be more similar than different. You will see a difference between S110V and 52100 but you will...

If you strop once per week and I use a stone once per week, you'd be more likely to leave fatigued steel behind. We both leave fatigue steel behind. We both swipe steel along a surface, not truly removing old steel from the edge face I think you're mistaken. When I touch up, I remove enough steel t...

I am not really into flippers and/or frame locks, so I don´t know, but is there no Spyderco that gives you what the Rassenti does? Just courious... For me, its a preferance. The knife handle texture was made to my spec, The steel is xhp, the blade is a hollow ground bowie. Yes, at the end of the da...

z4vdBt wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:58 am

have you tried a box cutter?

Project Source 6-Blade Utility Knife ... $0.98 at Lowe's.

Does it have a deep carry pocket clip? :D

Vivi wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:37 pm

If you strop once per week and I use a stone once per week, you'd be more likely to leave fatigued steel behind.

We both leave fatigue steel behind. We both swipe steel along a surface, not truly removing old steel from the edge face

I didnt say your not removing metal. I simply stated that your still leaving fatigue steel behind when you just touch up, regardless of grit :) Well ok then. I'll have to let my loupe know it's been lying to me about those burrs it keeps telling me aren't there. Really though, how exactly am I leav...

This is why I don't believe in "maintaining an edge" on a strop. It may technically keep the edge sharp but you're just bending the edge back and forth over and over fatiguing it and ruining edge retention. Eventually you need to go back to the stones and freshen up the edge. On my SE kni...

I don't doubt any of what you said, my question is why, or how. Why/how does stropping make a dull edge worse? Why/how does a strop decrease edge bite? Are they related? At the very pinnacle of the edge are a bunch of nano and picoscopic teeth. This is what refines an edge for cutting material. The...

I've often wondered if over stropping (more than just a few licks) just smears metal out over the dulled edge, resulting in a weak hollow apex. The edges sharpness can only drop so low for stropping to be effective. For example, If the edge is starting to stuggle slicing paper, stropping can actual...

I don't feel edges maintained with a strop have the same bite as an edge fresh off a stone. It's a lot easier to round the apex over time with strops too. My point is that I'm keeping the edge of a high alloy/ low carbide steels like M4 or 4V as highly effective as possible. Keep in mind these kniv...

Looking like a similar work load to yesterday, coming in today. More pallets with thick layers of shrink wrap looking like the only difference. Time to see how the BD1N holds up today. *edit* After cutting up the strapping, shrink wrap, packaging tape and box with the 3 hidden staples under the pac...

This is why I don't believe in "maintaining an edge" on a strop. It may technically keep the edge sharp but you're just bending the edge back and forth over and over fatiguing it and ruining edge retention. Eventually you need to go back to the stones and freshen up the edge. On my SE kni...

After day 1 with the Para 3 LW in BD1N, the blade is still clean cutting paper besides the tip which drags a bit. It was a rather slow day today, I opened around 30 boxes, cut around 10 bands of plastic strapping and removed the flaps of 8 of those boxes, which I cut around 2" thick diagonal s...

One thing I thing I notice since joining this forum that is frequent is "TOUCH UPS". While touch ups are beneficial to an extent( 3 times at best), they actually become deficiant. What happens after numerous amounts of touch ups is your simply reshaping fatigue steel as opposed to removing...

In order of allowance: 1. Para3 cpm 4v 2. Shaman s30v 3. Para3 cpm s90v 4. Delica4 wharnie hap40 5. Outside of rule: rassenti midsize snafu And if I cant get number5, I wait out the rest of the sentence with the other 4. I am not really into flippers and/or frame locks, so I don´t know, but is ther...

I suggest, if it is to be a folding mule, sell a newly designed handle/ hardware kit and sell the blades seperately. If you sell the whole package there will be private buyers that will swarm on it to sell it for a stupiid high price. Atleast with handle/ hardware sold separate from the blade, you c...