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Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:26 pm
by vivi
Just touched up a lot of my knives and thought it'd be fun starting a thread where we show off our less than perfect free hand sharpening jobs.
Still working on the tip on that SE Pacific Salt. Going to flatten it a bit more before I'm done.
BTW I don't know what the CQI Militarys use for stop pin material but mine rusted the first day I carried it :rolleyes:
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:19 am
by J D Wijbenga
Reground by hand, ATS55 Dragonfly:
Lil'Nilakka sharpened with Diamond side on the Fallkniven DC4
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:11 am
by KnOeFz
Received some new strops today; balsa with diamond compound in various grits.
Polished up my s30v Military's edge nicely. It's sharp enough for me now :)
There room for improvement as I 'only' sharpened on my stones up to 1500 grit.
But was too impatient to use the new strops :)
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:54 am
by xceptnl
Both freehand, as are most of my knives...
These as well...
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 2:16 am
by Brock O Lee
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:40 am
by vivi
Brock O Lee wrote:
That looks like it slices very nicely. Are you planning to keep it polished like that or are you going to build up a patina over time?
I'm still figuring out the best angle for my CTS204P Military. I take it down a bit thinner every so often, as long as it holds up to everything I cut without chipping. So far so good.
My old CPMD2 Military had one of the thinnest angles I've used on an EDC. Cut great and never took any edge damage. I've never seen a Millie taken to a thinner edge angle.
I may pick up an M4 Military some day. I miss having one with a patina.
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:37 am
by Brock O Lee
Thanks Vivi, yes it's an excellent slicer! That picture was taken after I removed the natural patina recently. The new patina is developing nicely.
My 204P one has the same edge. I also have a Gen 1 M4 Military and a few Superblues that are slightly thinner. All of them have 15dps micro bevels, and have not taken damage during normal use, but I avoid careless use and hard knocks.
That D2 Military looks like it means business, but that’s too thin for my liking. I run micro bevels to increase the saftey margin a bit without taking too much away from the cutting efficiency. I will be super annoyed with myself if I put a huge chip in a sprint run that took me hours to thin out. :)
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:57 am
by J D Wijbenga
Nice thin edges Vivi and Brock O Lee! Here are some of mine:
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:13 pm
by vivi
J D Wijbenga wrote:Nice thin edges Vivi and Brock O Lee! Here are some of mine:
Those look good! I really like the Salts for EDC once they're thinned out. The lower knife (delica?) looks like it'd zip through cardboard effortlessly :cool:
Here is a ZDP189 Caly Jr taken to extremes:
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:39 am
by J D Wijbenga
Vivi wrote:J D Wijbenga wrote:Nice thin edges Vivi and Brock O Lee! Here are some of mine:
Those look good! I really like the Salts for EDC once they're thinned out. The lower knife (delica?) looks like it'd zip through cardboard effortlessly :cool:
Thanks! Have not much used the Salt but the Delica has proven to be an excellent edc cutter!
Here is a ZDP189 Caly Jr taken to extremes:
Vivi wrote:
That looks like it will cut very well! I have not seen ZDP take that thin before. Good stuff!
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:49 am
by J D Wijbenga
Two Slip-its I thinned out. Used an x-coarse DMT and Fallkniven DC4. Pretty happy with the results! :-)
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:35 pm
by razorsharp
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:39 pm
by razorsharp
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:40 pm
by razorsharp
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:21 pm
by xceptnl
Great to see you around Travis.
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:30 pm
by razorsharp
xceptnl wrote:
Great to see you around Travis.
Cheers Landon. Can't wait to post pics of edges done with my Shapton glass stones. I have half of them and the rest are waiting for me at the PO
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:01 pm
by vivi
ZDP189 Endura converted to scandi grind. The edge held up just fine to chopping and batoning.
S30V UKPK converted to zero convex grind (The edge chipping was from intentional abuse, this edge angle was stable under EDC cutting)
I had to grind my ZDP189 Caly Jr this thin before I saw edge damage carving into knotty hardwoods.
Same Caly, different angle.
An old Izula with a nice and wide bevel
Native 1 converted to zero saber grind, then gave it a microbevel. First time I attempted the zero grind conversion, you can see my technique was off near the ricasso.
Cara Cara 1 converted to zero saber grind, then given a not-so-micro bevel
Police 3 back when it had a slightly thicker edge than it does now. It's been in and out of my pocket for a decade with no chipping, despite frequently using it to hack and chop at overgrown trails.
Current state of my PE Aqua Salt. I chop and baton and pry chunks of wood off fallen logs with this knife with no second thoughts.
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:46 am
by anagarika
Vivi wrote:
How do you full grind and yet still having the bug intact? I don’t have belt, only stones, tips will be appreciated!
Did the Endura (below 30° inclusive, free hand)
The GB was flat reprofiled by bluntcut and I added sub 20° inclusive micro (not so micro)
And my attempt on Manix ...
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:06 pm
by vivi
anagarika wrote:
How do you full grind and yet still having the bug intact? I don’t have belt, only stones, tips will be appreciated!
Did the Endura (below 30° inclusive, free hand)
The GB was flat reprofiled by bluntcut and I added sub 20° inclusive micro (not so micro)
And my attempt on Manix ...
I used a sandpaper and mousepad setup for the UKPK. I used to put convex bevels on all my knives, but switched back to V bevels for convenience.
Nice looking edges by the way!
Re: Show your free hand sharpened Spydercos
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:14 am
by anagarika
Thanks for tips. I don’t have the sandpaper coarse enough for reprofiling. Probably one day I have courage to go there :o
For now just accept wider bevel when going lower.