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The sharpening jig in this video is pretty impressive. It puts my Lansky and similar systems to shame.
I have no machine shop, but what I do have are various items that have been scavenged from things like TV satellite dishes and parts from miscellaneous broken tools that I find on the side of the road and whatnots.
The parts from the Telescope tripod that I turned into my MPR pad are still around here somewhere, and that is an armature with angles that can be adjusted and locked, and If I can't find it, my Mom has the exact same telescope, and niether on of us like the amount of play in the armatures, and she has offered me the tripod before, so I could have her pieces parts.
As of today, I am on a quest to construct and item of similar aspect to the one I just witnessed in this video.
I sharpen knives nearly every day, and hunting season is coming, which means I'll soon have a few aquaintences stop by and want there knives tuned up. I get by with the things I have, and do a nice job, but I have always wanted a nicer jig so that I don't have to think too hard about it. I use different methods for different steels, but I have found that putting the proper angle on stainless steels and AUS 8 and the like is so very critical, and it seems that everyone has these crap steels nowadays, and it makes things more interesting than I care for.
Myself, I like a high carbon most of the time like 1075, as I don't mind having to put a little oil on a blade, and eventually they develop a surface patina that keeps them fairly free from corrosion.
Anyhow, without arguing preferences or tech, here's a cool video:
[video=youtube;k3SbEWFSA8s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3SbEWFSA8s[/video]
The sharpening jig in this video is pretty impressive. It puts my Lansky and similar systems to shame.
I have no machine shop, but what I do have are various items that have been scavenged from things like TV satellite dishes and parts from miscellaneous broken tools that I find on the side of the road and whatnots.
The parts from the Telescope tripod that I turned into my MPR pad are still around here somewhere, and that is an armature with angles that can be adjusted and locked, and If I can't find it, my Mom has the exact same telescope, and niether on of us like the amount of play in the armatures, and she has offered me the tripod before, so I could have her pieces parts.
As of today, I am on a quest to construct and item of similar aspect to the one I just witnessed in this video.
I sharpen knives nearly every day, and hunting season is coming, which means I'll soon have a few aquaintences stop by and want there knives tuned up. I get by with the things I have, and do a nice job, but I have always wanted a nicer jig so that I don't have to think too hard about it. I use different methods for different steels, but I have found that putting the proper angle on stainless steels and AUS 8 and the like is so very critical, and it seems that everyone has these crap steels nowadays, and it makes things more interesting than I care for.
Myself, I like a high carbon most of the time like 1075, as I don't mind having to put a little oil on a blade, and eventually they develop a surface patina that keeps them fairly free from corrosion.
Anyhow, without arguing preferences or tech, here's a cool video:
[video=youtube;k3SbEWFSA8s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3SbEWFSA8s[/video]
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