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Rock hard felt wheel

Started by Sir Amwell, May 14, 2023, 03:22:50 PM

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Ken S

That's correct. As Vadim demonstrates using his Tormek with the SG-250, leather honing wheel and PA-70, I can overlook a little commercialism with the FVB.

Ken

austijp

I have been trying the rock hard wheel and my experience has been mediocre. I now use 2 leather wheels, I finish with a .1 paste and my results are getting much better, at 15deg I can frequently get below 100 BESS.  I set my honing angle about 1 to 1.5 deg higher than my grind angle.

Ken S


Sir Amwell

Thanks again everyone. Lots to think about.
It seems that the jury is out on the felt wheel then.
Perhaps it is best left for harder steel or quality knives ( as Vadim termed them).
The interesting thing with that is that many of Vadims protocols for these types of steel forgo the felt wheel and rely on exact or sometimes a very slight reduction in angle. These steels fall into the negative burr category I think?