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I'm super excited, I'm finally getting beautiful symmetrical angles and consistently sharp edges.  It's taken me a while to develop the touch.

I have a Lone Wolf folder that I just couldn't get a great edge on.  It's S30V with a pretty thick blade .125, I just sharpened it at 19 deg and consistently got BESS scores of 120 to 130. I know there's better results out there but I'm ecstatic with my progress.

For those of you that aren't satisfied don't give up, you will eventually find your touch.

I currently grind dry with CBN wheels in 3 grits, 200, 600 & 1000, I have 2 honing wheels with progressive grit, however it seems like the Tormek paste is my go to, even though the specs are coarser my results are better.  I built an FVB for the honing wheel, this was probably the single most impactful thing I did. I use the Calcapp software this was also a very impactful tool.

I'm excited to see if there's still opportunity to improve.

Hello all,

I'm feeling a little inept for asking this question but I don't think I'm clear on how to use the CalCapp FVB software, today I measure to the stone but I would think it would be much easier to measure to the FVB.  Could someone post the process for gathering and entering the data.  To put this into perspective, I recently had brain surgery so my short term critical thinking is lagging at this time, it will hopefully improve as I recover.  I'm discouraged as I have always been a pretty techy guy, I have a background in tool and die work where I had to use trig daily but now it just overwhelms me.

Regards,
Jeff

Hi all,

I just picked up this light for my work station, it has made a hug difference in how well I can see my blade contact.  Are there any other solutions that you would recommend?

I bought this light off Amazon and it seems to work great but I'm open to other ideas, my old eyes can use all the light they can get.

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Hi all,

I'm getting close to retirement and I'm trying to put some things in place to help keep me busy and engaged.  I recently picked up a Tormek T8.  My sharpening process is this:  For reshaping I use a 200 grit CBN but for typical sharpening I use a 600 grit and a 1000 grit.  After the grinding I use 2 steps on the leather wheels, the 1st wheel has the Tormek paste and the final wheel has a 1 mic paste.  After that process I finish with a 1 x 30 felt belt with .5 mic diamond spray. I also fabricated a FVB for the honing side, this helped me in a big way.  My BESS scores are not sub 100 like I see some people getting.  My 17.5 deg edges typically run around 150 and my 15 deg edges around 115.  My question is this, should I feel ethical charging for these types of numbers?  Today I sharpen everything I can get my hands on, my family, friends and colleagues have all provided knives for me to practice on.  They all say they are great but I'm skeptical since they are friends and family.  Do you think I've arrived at a place where I can feel ethical charging for my services?

Best Regards,
Jeff