What on earth is being shapened here? I want to see a chef's knife sharpened using a DMT stone but all the demos here are talk talk talk talk or sharpening some obscure piece of hardware and self-interrupting the whole while.
@johntechwriter The event was a demo for a group of luthiers. Yes - not a problem to put an edge on a knife with diamond stone/waterstone, but not what this vid was about. Further, different type of edge with different geometry.
@mfcman2k7 No reason to use the ruler trick if the back of the blade is flat and polished...the ruler trick is really more of a quick fix to avoid having to put the work into polishing when in a hurry and confronted with a new blade with a poorly milled back.
Sorry about the quality of the sound - we decided to tape at the last minute. The stone is a Norton 8000 waterstone, and the diamond stone is a DMT DuoSharp Coarse/Extra Course combination stone. If I was shopping for a new waterstone, I would pick up a 4000/8000 grit combo waterstone from Norton, which will give you both a finish stone and an intermediate stone for stuff like scrapers or initial polishing of the back of plane blades or chisels. Good luck!
What on earth is being shapened here? I want to see a chef's knife sharpened using a DMT stone but all the demos here are talk talk talk talk or sharpening some obscure piece of hardware and self-interrupting the whole while.
johntechwriter 5 months ago
@johntechwriter The event was a demo for a group of luthiers. Yes - not a problem to put an edge on a knife with diamond stone/waterstone, but not what this vid was about. Further, different type of edge with different geometry.
MDLuthier 5 months ago
i know in my years of sharpening tool witch has been 5-6 years i have always used ruler t trick
mfcman2k7 1 year ago
you didnt you use the ruler trick
mfcman2k7 1 year ago
@mfcman2k7 No reason to use the ruler trick if the back of the blade is flat and polished...the ruler trick is really more of a quick fix to avoid having to put the work into polishing when in a hurry and confronted with a new blade with a poorly milled back.
MDLuthier 1 year ago
Hi - I didn't catch what you said about the waterstone - did you say 1000 waterstone and what is the make of stone ?
Thanks
John
pluckerpick 2 years ago
Sorry about the quality of the sound - we decided to tape at the last minute. The stone is a Norton 8000 waterstone, and the diamond stone is a DMT DuoSharp Coarse/Extra Course combination stone. If I was shopping for a new waterstone, I would pick up a 4000/8000 grit combo waterstone from Norton, which will give you both a finish stone and an intermediate stone for stuff like scrapers or initial polishing of the back of plane blades or chisels. Good luck!
MDLuthier 2 years ago
reverand from simpsons
LLCoolPass 3 years ago
LOL...nailed it.
MDLuthier 3 years ago
;-)
LLCoolPass 3 years ago
This was very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
JTStephens45 3 years ago