here are some pictures of my Busse NMSFNO and Rat Cutlery RC-3 that i resharpened with my DMT Diasharp stones and a leather strop

well that didnt work dose any one know what i did wrong all i did was [img] URL [/img] like it says to do on the thred posting pictures.

The URL you want is to the image itself, and not a page with the image on it. If you right click on the image, and choose "copy image URL" (in firefox) or a similar option, you can get the URL of the image itself.

thanks MustardMan that really helped

M/M i feel really stupid now i dont have firefox i have internet Explorer and there is no option like that do you know any other way to do it.

I don't use Windows, so I can't see what the exact options are - I think when you right click on an image, there should be something like "image properties", and there should be a section under there that says something about the image URL. Hopefully someone who uses a PC can come along and tell you exactly what it says.

well thanks for your help anyways i will ask around you have been a big help

There are many ways to do this. Personally, I use a hand sander with various grits of wet/dry sandpaper to re-profile the edge to convex (personal choice - I like convex edges) and then I strop the edge on leather with black and then green compound. After it's sharp I really only have to maintain the edge with the strop. It very rarely needs sharpening unless the edge rolls.





I have had very good results with both SR77 and Infi. I guess a belt sander would be quicker and less trouble, but that means you can screw up faster as well. Here's by Mutt and ASH:

Nice looking edges Gideon...Hard to believe you did those on a hand sander. Very impressive! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I'm still trying to master it on my belt grinder. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

Gideon,
Did you place a piece of mouse pad between the hand sander and the sandpaper?

I'd be a lot more confident trying to get those kinds of edges by hand than on a belt sander. Sanders can remove a lot of material really quick if you're not careful. It's harder to screw up when you're doing it one swipe at a time.