Recent content by ta2edfreak

Oh, you'll never be finished buying stones... I sharpen at a farmers market and depending on the knife (or edge damage) use a 320 shapton glass, 700 ceramic and a 1000 shapton ceramic. If they have a high end blade I may use a 1500 ceramic but usually the 1000 is good enough, and then strop...

Get some EDM polishing stones and switch to those after the 120/220. You can apply pressure differently and create your own shapes to get into tricky spots. Falcon has some good sets and Gesswein sells them as well. Once you get a hazy finish with them, you can see where your bigger scratches...

Still a crazy amount of carbon, does it forge? I just picked up some Sheff and Wolfram special, how are they to work with?

Ok, asp-2053... 2.5% carbon? isnt that in the cast iron range? I'm assuming its not stainless by any means, how does it hold up to long use?

Hey folks, new here, not new to knives. Knife maker from Canada.