Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/06/10 09:57 PM
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I finally had a bit of enlightenment the other day. I have not been happy with the edge on my S5le and have slimmed it by hand with diamond files several times. The other day I had a bit of a brainstorm and remembered my lansky sharpening system. I guess this was after someone on BF mentioned that they could not get the edge they wanted on a Strider and wanted to know what Busse to replace it with only to be insulted by several of the respondents <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />.
It was then that I remembered that the only reason I put it away was the ZDP-189 folder I tend to edc has a super hard blade and tended to rip up the stones, all but the sapphire hone, instead of being able to be sharpened. Although INFI is given a pretty hard edge at Rc. 60 it is still a bit softer than that folder (65-67 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />). Going through the 120-280-600 grit stones at the constant angle really helped quite a bit. After honing with the sapphire stone at the same angle I stropped it for a while working my way up to naked leather. My S5le now easily shaves off fine back of the neck hairs. It is nice to be able to get the edge I want on a knife without having to invest more for the privileged.
Getting my Zombie kit ready and watching out for those Corpse Men!!!
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 08:11 PM
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If your happy,I'm happy.LOL Glad you got your S5Le nice and sharp.
SYKCO JYD#112 It's better to have it & not need it, than to need it & not have it.
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 08:16 PM
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only to be insulted by several of the respondents <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />. I was one of those big, mean, nasty men who "insulted" him. He was blaming the blade for his lack of ability to sharpen it. Stainless is hard to sharpen - it's a well known fact. That's not Strider's fault, that's the guy's fault for buying a knife and not doing his homework first. 154CM is hard to sharpen too, especially the Busse version. If someone decided he wanted to get rid of his Scrap Yard's to buy all Rat's, since they are 1095, and he trashed Scrap Yard for his inability to put an edge on a known hard-to-sharpen steel, I would give him grief for that too. I don't even like Strider, but don't blame the steel if you don't have the skill to sharpen it. If he had said "I have a strider that doesn't fit my needs, and I'd like to pick up a Busse because I hear INFI is easy to sharpen", I wouldn't have a problem with it - but he was bashing a company unfairly, due to his own lack of knowledge, and I think that sucks.
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 08:26 PM
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Good points MM <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />. Informed buyers are " usually" satisfied customers. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />One must do their homework <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 08:39 PM
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only to be insulted by several of the respondents <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />. I was one of those big, mean, nasty men who "insulted" him. Are you always in the middle of some sort of shenanigans? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
JYD#107/JorDog. BAD WOLF
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 08:54 PM
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Are you always in the middle of some sort of shenanigans? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Yes. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> In my freshman year of college, a friend of mine described me as "an angry, violent, bitter little man"... I've put on some pounds since then, so I'm not sure "little" applies anymore, but the rest is pretty accurate <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Last edited by MustardMan; 01/08/10 08:55 PM.
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 08:58 PM
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Still angry and violent then, 2 out of 3 ain't bad
JYD#107/JorDog. BAD WOLF
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 09:03 PM
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Don't forget bitter <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 09:03 PM
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oh [censored], 3 out of 4, thats 75%
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 09:04 PM
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Don't forget bitter <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> You? Bitter? Nooooo! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Wouldn't want it any other way brother! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 09:06 PM
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Scrubs...
Eliot - "I'm getting tired of being a cold, insensitive bastard."
Cox - "Don't get tired of that! Being that is awesome!"
JD - "WE love it."
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A man carries a knife everyday... even to church.
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Re: Feeling a bit dumb but also happy...
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01/08/10 09:08 PM
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