Thank you! This was a custom order knife that I made. If you want to talk about ordering a knife you can send me a message through the contact form on my website. www.davidmoonforge.com Thanks for watching!
I typically just wipe them with a paper towel and then blow them off with the air compressor. You can wash them with soapy water and a soft bristle brush if you need to, but I think the air compressor works better than anything.
That's a great question. I prefer to push the knife, but both ways work fine. You'll typically see more of a burr when pulling, and there's no chance of accidentally over rotating and digging the edge into the stone. I can feel the angle of the bevel better when pushing, but it's personal preference.
You'll have a slight burr on the blade after sharpening on the diamond stones. You should strop the blade to make sure the burr is completely removed. You don't need to have diamond paste, or anything, loaded on the strop to do that. If you sharpen to a 3000 grit diamond stone, and then strop on a raw leather strop, you should easily be able to shave hair, slice paper, etc. Does that answer what you were getting at? Seems like you just want to know if the diamond paste is really necessary.
@@DavidMoonForge Thanks for your answer I’m just a cheap Charlie By avoiding diamond stropping it seems I still need 3000 grit stone which is another expense. I’m trying to get by with a Sharpal diamond stone that is 300 and 1200 grit on either side I understand your point of dry leather stropping. Thanks again
@@alfredopampanga9356 you can still get pretty great results with a 300/1200 stone and then a leather strop. For a cheaper option to diamond paste, you can add some green polishing compound to your strop. You should be able to get results with that setup that would easily shave hair or slice paper.
2:21 Would it be more efficient to tape the wedge every time and not the knife? I'm sure 14.2 degrees of angle won't hinder the level of sharpness you're trying to achieve
If you tape the wedge instead of the blade, you'll still have metal debris build up on top of it while sharpening, and it will end up scratching the surface of your blade.
The metal dust builds up on the stone as you're sharpening. The lapping fluid helps debris move off the stone and prevents clogging the abrasive on the stone. Sharpening on a dry diamond stone can kind of work, but it's much better with lapping fluid, Windex, mineral oil, etc. to remove the metal debris you create while sharpening.
Stropping the edge at the same sharpening angle, will not round the edge, unless you strop plastic knives. Unless you use wrong pressure and overstrop! I dare you to prove wrong! But prove it while stropping at a fixed angle, not freehand. Freehand sharpening and stropping has too many variables.
Very good explanation and doing your movements slow really helped me to see what I did wrong 😑
I'm glad it was helpful!
Great how-to, thank you, David!
Thanks!
Very helpful thank you. I would really love to have that knife,can I ask where you got it from?
Thank you! This was a custom order knife that I made. If you want to talk about ordering a knife you can send me a message through the contact form on my website. www.davidmoonforge.com Thanks for watching!
Great video. How do you clean your diamond stone after you finish using it?
I typically just wipe them with a paper towel and then blow them off with the air compressor. You can wash them with soapy water and a soft bristle brush if you need to, but I think the air compressor works better than anything.
What kind of stone holder do you have? Thank you.
It's by Ultra Sharp. There should be a link in the video description and on my website under the Product-Links tab. Thanks for watching! 🤙
@@DavidMoonForge Thank you.
Do I pull or push the knife? I have seen both techniques
That's a great question. I prefer to push the knife, but both ways work fine. You'll typically see more of a burr when pulling, and there's no chance of accidentally over rotating and digging the edge into the stone. I can feel the angle of the bevel better when pushing, but it's personal preference.
After using the stones but before stropping , how sharp was the knife? Could you slice paper? Diamond strop is expensive
You'll have a slight burr on the blade after sharpening on the diamond stones. You should strop the blade to make sure the burr is completely removed. You don't need to have diamond paste, or anything, loaded on the strop to do that. If you sharpen to a 3000 grit diamond stone, and then strop on a raw leather strop, you should easily be able to shave hair, slice paper, etc. Does that answer what you were getting at? Seems like you just want to know if the diamond paste is really necessary.
@@DavidMoonForge Thanks for your answer I’m just a cheap Charlie By avoiding diamond stropping it seems I still need 3000 grit stone which is another expense.
I’m trying to get by with a Sharpal diamond stone that is 300 and 1200 grit on either side
I understand your point of dry leather stropping. Thanks again
@@alfredopampanga9356 you can still get pretty great results with a 300/1200 stone and then a leather strop. For a cheaper option to diamond paste, you can add some green polishing compound to your strop. You should be able to get results with that setup that would easily shave hair or slice paper.
2:21 Would it be more efficient to tape the wedge every time and not the knife? I'm sure 14.2 degrees of angle won't hinder the level of sharpness you're trying to achieve
If you tape the wedge instead of the blade, you'll still have metal debris build up on top of it while sharpening, and it will end up scratching the surface of your blade.
do the japanese do this. ??? watch about. making samurai swords.
Why use lapping fluid with the diamond stones, no fluid is required at all period
The metal dust builds up on the stone as you're sharpening. The lapping fluid helps debris move off the stone and prevents clogging the abrasive on the stone. Sharpening on a dry diamond stone can kind of work, but it's much better with lapping fluid, Windex, mineral oil, etc. to remove the metal debris you create while sharpening.
Stropping the edge at the same sharpening angle, will not round the edge, unless you strop plastic knives.
Unless you use wrong pressure and overstrop!
I dare you to prove wrong!
But prove it while stropping at a fixed angle, not freehand.
Freehand sharpening and stropping has too many variables.
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You talk more than you work
Thanks for the feedback
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