Fred Bryant
08-23-2015, 3:29 PM
I just finish one of those marathon sharpening sessions. All planes, chisel, knifes ( marking and kitchen ), ...
Thoughts, experiences, questions:
1) Although they can be used dry, they seem to work better with a little water and a couple of drops of dawn, or a splash of simple green. Both concoctions seem to be the same in washing swarf off.
2) The UF stone, which was flatten on one side with a 250 Eze-Lap diamond stone, then followed by a 600 Eze-lap diamond stone gives an usable edge right off the stone, but the edge does a little better with some stropping ( I am using the back of the belt I am wearing at the moment ). The exception is kitchen knives; they tend to work best straight off the medium stone. Not sure why, but it is what it is. Both sides of the UF stone, flattened and not flattened tend to cut the same. The un-flattened side has manufacturing marks that do not seem to bother anything except a few small pointed tools and my two gravers. I think I am just going to use the flattened side.
3) The medium stone, was also was flatten on one side with a 250 Eze-Lap diamond stone and then followed by a 600 Eze-lap diamond stone. The un-flattened side works great for kitchen knives straight from the stone. This side also cuts quicker than one will imagine. Now I might have screwed up the flattened side. It cuts significantly slower and finer that the un-flattened side. It is close to that of the UF stone. You can feel this difference in surface texture between both sides of the stone with you fingers. I tried to flatten it again with just the 250 Eze-Lap diamond stone and no change in the surface or cutting. Now I could just be faking myself out, and the un-flatten side of the stone will wear into the same surface as the flattened side. Thoughts?
4) The one addition I am planning on getting at this point is a block of maple, with some leather glued to it, and some type of compound. Otherwise I am sure the system will be fine when I get some more time under the belt. I am a wee bit disappointed with the flattened medium stone and would like something that cut a little faster.
5) The Eze-Lap 600 diamond stone has a bit of a hump in it. I am really not sure it matters, but there should be a way of stretching the metal on the bottom side and removing it. Thoughts?
I appreciate all the help.
Thx's, Fred.
Thoughts, experiences, questions:
1) Although they can be used dry, they seem to work better with a little water and a couple of drops of dawn, or a splash of simple green. Both concoctions seem to be the same in washing swarf off.
2) The UF stone, which was flatten on one side with a 250 Eze-Lap diamond stone, then followed by a 600 Eze-lap diamond stone gives an usable edge right off the stone, but the edge does a little better with some stropping ( I am using the back of the belt I am wearing at the moment ). The exception is kitchen knives; they tend to work best straight off the medium stone. Not sure why, but it is what it is. Both sides of the UF stone, flattened and not flattened tend to cut the same. The un-flattened side has manufacturing marks that do not seem to bother anything except a few small pointed tools and my two gravers. I think I am just going to use the flattened side.
3) The medium stone, was also was flatten on one side with a 250 Eze-Lap diamond stone and then followed by a 600 Eze-lap diamond stone. The un-flattened side works great for kitchen knives straight from the stone. This side also cuts quicker than one will imagine. Now I might have screwed up the flattened side. It cuts significantly slower and finer that the un-flattened side. It is close to that of the UF stone. You can feel this difference in surface texture between both sides of the stone with you fingers. I tried to flatten it again with just the 250 Eze-Lap diamond stone and no change in the surface or cutting. Now I could just be faking myself out, and the un-flatten side of the stone will wear into the same surface as the flattened side. Thoughts?
4) The one addition I am planning on getting at this point is a block of maple, with some leather glued to it, and some type of compound. Otherwise I am sure the system will be fine when I get some more time under the belt. I am a wee bit disappointed with the flattened medium stone and would like something that cut a little faster.
5) The Eze-Lap 600 diamond stone has a bit of a hump in it. I am really not sure it matters, but there should be a way of stretching the metal on the bottom side and removing it. Thoughts?
I appreciate all the help.
Thx's, Fred.