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I've been buying a lot of old dirty carbon and refurbishing them but this one drove me nuts and I hope I can tap into any wisdom people who have a lot more experience with these kinds of knives than I have.
My problem is I can't (yet) get it really really sharp. With a fair amount of work, I've gotten it to what I now feel is the "big meh" stage and before I got the sharpening bug, I suppose I would have considered this edge acceptable but when I compare it to the edge forgies take or some of the other old dirty carbons I have bought take with a lot less amount of work, this one is definitely behaving weirdly.
I raised burrs on the low grit stones and used the magic marker trick for all the grits so I am pretty sure I am hitting the edge correctly on the stones. Is the steel in these knifes just going to need a lot more time on the stones than forgies or some other old dirty carbon. Does anyone know what steel these are made of? It sure doesn't feel on the stones like a forgie or like some knives I have made out of 1095.
Interesting knife geometry thought, quite thick at the heel but tapers nicely to a very thin edge, pretty heavy for an old carbon steel knife as well. Good fit and finish and feels nicely balanced in my hand..
TIA
My problem is I can't (yet) get it really really sharp. With a fair amount of work, I've gotten it to what I now feel is the "big meh" stage and before I got the sharpening bug, I suppose I would have considered this edge acceptable but when I compare it to the edge forgies take or some of the other old dirty carbons I have bought take with a lot less amount of work, this one is definitely behaving weirdly.
I raised burrs on the low grit stones and used the magic marker trick for all the grits so I am pretty sure I am hitting the edge correctly on the stones. Is the steel in these knifes just going to need a lot more time on the stones than forgies or some other old dirty carbon. Does anyone know what steel these are made of? It sure doesn't feel on the stones like a forgie or like some knives I have made out of 1095.
Interesting knife geometry thought, quite thick at the heel but tapers nicely to a very thin edge, pretty heavy for an old carbon steel knife as well. Good fit and finish and feels nicely balanced in my hand..
TIA