Carter Cutlery - Murray Carter on Polished Edges

17th Generation Yoshimoto Bladesmith/ABS Master Bladesmith Murray Carter gives brief insight into the cutting ability of a polished edge compared to a coarse edge.

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[deadbeatdon]

The humility of a master!

[Dryadwoods]

Thanks a lot for your advices. Since you pointed the "economic" aspect, would it be possible for you to make a future video on how to polish the blade (mirror look) after doing your 3 steeps (1000, 6000, newspaper) and still using "economic" materials?

Thank you a lot.

[omfg191]

@Dryadwoods

You can. All you need to do is keep sharpening each side until there are no visible scratches from the previous grit. For an absolute mirror polish, you might need to go to an 8000 grit waterstone.

[Quoiyaien]

Ok, I have one more question... lets say I have a sequence of 6 stones...after I do step 5 on my coarse stone, how do I proceed through the rest of them? Do I just do step 6 on each stone in sequence? Honing the edge in a stropping motion? That would certainly help preserve the life of my high end stones...

Also, if on step 4, when thinning out the blade, would I then have to go through the whole sequence of stones before moving on to step 5? or would I do step 4-5-6 on each stone? Thanks!

[Nebulax123]

I just finished touching up the white steel neck knife I just got from you and use a two stone method but then give it five or six strokes on a very smooth ceramic stone to remove the wire edge, I can't seem to master your way of using wood. I then strop on leather with green or white compound for maybe ten strokes on each side and then ten each on bare leather. This produced an edge that would cut free standing hair. It does not add more than three or four minutes, good return for your time.

[bucks4life2015]

Japanese newspaper??? I just thought any newspaper will work well