Nathan Conner
01-11-2008, 10:25 AM
Tried out the new Jet slow speed sharpener last night. Did a couple of decent chisels, and they turned out exactly as they had on the old Tormek (I sold the Tormek, thinking, "I only use this every 2-3 months. Too much money for that!". Then, once it was gone, realized it was well worth it.)
I forgot, though, how cold your hands get with all that water splashing on them! Brrr!
(*Stop reading here...you know what's coming. Seriously. Don't continue. Find another thread. Take out the trash. Go away.*)
I have a pair of Japanese kogatana knives for marking, but neither would fit in the handful of jigs I got. So, I decided to do one by hand. Really long bevel, 2 1/4" angled edge on top of that. After some grinding and buffing on the first, it looked better than new, and had a beautiful edge on it. I started on the second, but there was something in the steel that was leaving marks on the wheel. Well, not really marks. Kind of a long streaking brown-ish smudge all over the wheel. I looked at the knife several times, and couldn't figure it out. I thought it was great steel!
Then, I figured it out. I was bleeding from not one...not TWO...THREE separate dime-sized ground-flat-and-then-some spots on my fingers. Didn't really hurt -- I'm a man's man. I can take it. So, I changed my angle and finished the bevel, then, of course, a few minutes to hone and shine (and clean off the mess).
The reason I couldn't feel it and it didn't hurt was my hands were numb from all the cold water. Boy, did THAT ever change as my hands started to warm up. Man's man? Pffffft. I got nuthin on the 3-year-old girl down the street. Advil, ice packs, Neosporin, and Band-Aids for everyone! Hey!
Apparently, slow and numb doesn't change my propensity for basic stupidity. Be CAREFUL with those grinders. They...grind!
DUH.
But the knives look great!
I forgot, though, how cold your hands get with all that water splashing on them! Brrr!
(*Stop reading here...you know what's coming. Seriously. Don't continue. Find another thread. Take out the trash. Go away.*)
I have a pair of Japanese kogatana knives for marking, but neither would fit in the handful of jigs I got. So, I decided to do one by hand. Really long bevel, 2 1/4" angled edge on top of that. After some grinding and buffing on the first, it looked better than new, and had a beautiful edge on it. I started on the second, but there was something in the steel that was leaving marks on the wheel. Well, not really marks. Kind of a long streaking brown-ish smudge all over the wheel. I looked at the knife several times, and couldn't figure it out. I thought it was great steel!
Then, I figured it out. I was bleeding from not one...not TWO...THREE separate dime-sized ground-flat-and-then-some spots on my fingers. Didn't really hurt -- I'm a man's man. I can take it. So, I changed my angle and finished the bevel, then, of course, a few minutes to hone and shine (and clean off the mess).
The reason I couldn't feel it and it didn't hurt was my hands were numb from all the cold water. Boy, did THAT ever change as my hands started to warm up. Man's man? Pffffft. I got nuthin on the 3-year-old girl down the street. Advil, ice packs, Neosporin, and Band-Aids for everyone! Hey!
Apparently, slow and numb doesn't change my propensity for basic stupidity. Be CAREFUL with those grinders. They...grind!
DUH.
But the knives look great!