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Edge 90 degree to nail, slide it, if that part of the edge you're testing is properly apexed and sharp, it will seem to resist your...

Ok are you sliding it like you're trying to slice the nail or are you sliding it to the left or right, perpendicular to the direction of...

I had heard by running your nail up the edge you want it smooth to tell you the burr has been removed and if it doesn't want to slice...

@cotedupy the nail test you do, are you slicing your nail to see if it's smooth or are you kind of rocking the blade? What's the...

I tried it just a little while ago. Jointing isn't my thing. I'm going to go back to what was producing good results already. I saw Hap...

It isn't bad to try different things, but at some point you will just have to put in the hours to go from good to very good. The fine...

You aren't the worst I guarantee it. A lot of people probably have the same challenges and questions that you do but just aren't brave...

It's pretty much exactly what I've been doing except jointing right before I micro bevel. Just to see if that will help burr removal and...

I'm not doing that great with the paper towel challenge. Can't cut much so I'm doing something wrong. Just trying to see what it is so I...

New idea I will try tomorrow is kind of a mix of Cliff Stamp and Hap Stanley combined. Raise a burr on both sides, work up to my highest...

Interesting. So after making some chicken curry for dinner tonight it wasn’t cutting PT how I like. So in the interest of my hand honing...

Epic fail jointing on water stones. Cut the edge off before sharpening, got both burrs, moved to 1k polished the edges and tried...

I'm that case maybe it was just luck haha. I'm blown away though I figured a micro bevel would be easier to get rid of rather than a...

I stepped back from the edge leading from a couple of months ago. ( I think i posted in -burr removal-). I got “ok” to “good” results...

Wow. On a little field sharpener and cheap pocket knife I cut off the edge, raised a burr on both sides, polished on a finer grit, cut...