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I hope chuck doesn't mind sharing Asia with me

In my workplace, I also like to scrutiny any complaint to understand what went wrong. There were two cases where customer stated that the information was unclear and that the officer(s) had not kept what was promised. Upon checking the whole recording (some are 15 mins, some are 30 mins long), the c...

Or maybe they will sell various colors with variety of blade steel, people can mix and match

Even with vertical play, it may be still safe to use. Try STR's lock test (not spine whack) and you may gain confidence on it.

Using EP is not cheating, if you do know what you don't know

If only cost is not prohibitive, I'd do one too :p

Thank you! You're an inspiration. Blade steel is 8Cr and only achieved after many sessions of maintenance. 20CP must take a real dedication!

:thumbup:

Guess it's good. After these hair splitting, cut some cardboard, no longer hair splitting, but still arm hair shaving (not face shaving though).

Probably :) . I sharpen with edge facing away, each side with each hand.

Have used it the night before to shave, will try further test.

Chuck,

Ran over the EL02 on DMT EF and balance strop. Now, I can do almost same thing you did there by luck or burr . Stropping on my jeans seems to enhance one side's ability to whittle, so it might be burr :p ?

Bumpin this, hope to get some updates :D

I tend to think cross contamination, as the remnants of the carbon steel rust, it might develop into the VG10. Strange, but possible, as the carbon steel acts as a 'catalyst' with the chlorine.

Not a steel expert, just a wild guess.

You can always ask the dealer to hand pick smooth one for you :)

I too have had knee injury and on both (different occasions). Currently, situational awareness is what I rely on. Mr. Janich, what do you think of mercop's IET for people that have mobility issue such as knee injury? Living thousands of miles away, I'm keen to understand the concept to be incorporat...

chuck_roxas45 wrote:Around the equivalent of 600 grit, IIRC Chris... I really like the aggressive edge for common EDC chores.

No more polished mirror edge then (?). In any case, it's still amazing!
Can't achieve that yet, even with the 'balance strop' .. (hint: search BF)

At least this is my next sign post in my sharpening journey ... :eek:

Amazing! And with only brown rod? (Supposedly not very fine)

I change up a lot of my knives for lefty carry because I usually carry 2 knives. It's easy for me to unlock a righty millie with my left hand by releasing the liner lock with my middle finger and pushing down on the spine with my thumb. I guess I can learn to unlock a lefty millie with my left hand...

**** nice edge chuck !

Sweat corrosive nature differs from person to person. When I was younger, my sweat was very corrosive. Nowadays, with change of diet, less so. Steel finish also will contribute. Mirror polished steel will be less prone to corrosion due to no humidity 'captured' by the pores (as opposed to beadblaste...

My earlier post might sound high handed .. to clarify, I shave with my knives, meaning either I'm good at sharpening or my tolerance to 'not so smooth' shave is really high (likely the case)

I did cut myself like chuck once, from a freshly stropped ICEL Farmer knife. ****, it really bites :D

The mugger will stay and beg for sharpening lesson ! :D