Precission knife sharpening.

[247sniper]

Thought id share my knife sharpening technique with you guys.

I use the Wicked Edge system to sharpen all my blades.

Here I have touched up my Spyderco PM2 with the super steel CPM S30V.

 

This and most off my knives I sharpen at 15 dps (degrees per side) and polish though all the various stages down to a mirror polished finish of 3.5 microns.

 

This gives the knife(s) a beautifully aesthetically pleasing push cutting Finnish.

 

Then I widen the angle to 20 dps and a a 1000 grit micro bevel. This gives the edge a wicked sharp set of razor sharp teeth that is awesome for fibrous materials like, rope, cardboard, zip ties, plastics, wood and skinning animals etc. The 20 dps also provides long lasting durability.

 

The micro bevel is invisible tonthe human eye, the picture is through a 60x jewlers loop.

 

A combination of primary mirror polished bevels combined with a toothy micro bevel and a super steel like S30V this edge is razor sharp and will last an age. It shaves hair, paper, rope, zip ties and anything eles you wish to cut.

 

Hope this has been off interest to you guys.

 

Steve.