Chris, Yeah, that would be awesome to check out.by jasonstone20 - General Sharpening
Chris, I don't know, I am going to try to buy the pocket version and see what type of grit finish it leaves.by jasonstone20 - General Sharpening
Chris, The spine thickness is 0.130" / 1/8" / 3.35mm.by jasonstone20 - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Quotehttps://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Norton-Ascent-Ceramic-Stone-Ultra-Fine-P1781C25.aspx Exciting New Norton Ceramic Stones Norton Pike Ascent Ceramic Stones are the latest development from a company with a long history of making quality sharpening stones. We're excited that Norton has chosen to work with Sharpening Supplies to launch these new stones. The quality and convenieby jasonstone20 - General Sharpening
I have been using Blistersteels hard stone formula for some years: 1 part baby oil 1 part dish soap 4 parts water For Spyderco ceramic stones, I have found that using 1 part mineral oil/baby oil, 1 part dish soap, and 1 part water left the ceramic stone in a state after use that you can just wipe off the metal swarf on the stone.by jasonstone20 - General Sharpening
I saw requests for a UF version of this stone, and what I did was take a DMT Blue #325 diamond plate and polish the back side of the stone, and it turned that into a UF stone. I wish Spyderco still had the Byrd Duckfoot available, it would be a great companion piece to the Golden Stone.by jasonstone20 - Product Review/Feedback
Josh, Exactly! Older Spice, Probably, I re-read the thread today and that is the only thing I saw that was close.by jasonstone20 - General
Good way to get cheap security practice locks, the Masker Lock Lock Out Lock. I have two of these, and only picked one of them once: Bosnian BIll Lock Picking Lawyer:by jasonstone20 - EDC
Older Spice, Actually it was a discussion between Cliff and Chum about how to learn to do something. Cliff was saying to use your good knives to practice on since you will learn faster and set good habits.by jasonstone20 - General
I have been thinking of this for the last few weeks. Not only did Cliff leave the work he did, but he provided sources and a model of how to behave when interacting with people in ways to further knowledge in knives and sharpening. He had a way of answering questions and talking to you that you felt engaged. I am also better for meeting Cliff online and following his work, I was able to meet aby jasonstone20 - General
Clean you shop before you go to knife shows, give yourself a buffer coming and going to knife shows:by jasonstone20 - General
Older Spice: I really like the last one.by jasonstone20 - Music & Movies
jj_sharp, It stays mixed. The dish soap acts as an emulsifier.by jasonstone20 - Product Review/Feedback
ShaperAndMower, Awesome, thanks for the tip, hopefully that will help some users.by jasonstone20 - A Public Feedback Section
jj_sharp, Yes, if you are logged in there will be a red number where new posts have been made.by jasonstone20 - A Public Feedback Section
I sharpened three knives today on the 1x30 with the 120 3M Cubitron, 3M Trizact A160, A100, A45, A30, A16, A6, and finally a plain Leather Stop belt. The edge was a mirror edge, and easily tree-topped arm hairs above the skin. I used to be able to get edges like this freehand or with a fixed angle sharpener, but for some reason I am having difficultly achieving that level of sharpness. Not aby jasonstone20 - Product Review/Feedback
Transparent Knives Video: 1. BTE increases edge retention 2. Epoxy only vs epoxy and pinned handles 3. Bucket of Water to dip knife in is sufficient toi cool knives during grinding 4. Hold times and Grain Growth 5. Deep Cryoby jasonstone20 - Video Reviews
tarantella, Yeah, Alvin Johnston is also smiling down from heaven. I wish I could have used one of his knives also. This and CPM MagnaCut are the two things that excited me also, I have been pretty bored as of late.by jasonstone20 - General
If you flip the HF 1c30 on its back, add some kind of water drip coolant system, and get some 3M Cubitron, 3M Trizact belts, and a Leather Stropping belt, and you have a very fast, nice knife sharpener. You also can effortlessly reprofile edges also.by jasonstone20 - Product Review/Feedback
I really like this steel and the HT on it. It is super easy to get arm hair tree topping sharp. I need to get the tree topping and some hair whittling on video, I need to wait for my arm hair to grow back.by jasonstone20 - New Knives, and New to You Knives
I really like the Soft Arks and Spyderco Ceramics for finishing, they are great.by jasonstone20 - Product Review/Feedback
jj_sharp, Yes, most likely the steel was fatigued. It really helps to form a new edge on fresh steel.by jasonstone20 - General Sharpening
jj_sharp, Yes, I use oil. Usually baby oil, or if I have the laxative mineral oil, I will take a bottle and mix 1 part mineral oil, 1 part dish soap, and 1 part water and that seems to work well for me.by jasonstone20 - Product Review/Feedback
I am getting rust on the knife blade, around the pivot and up near the flats. This is most likely due to the two contrasting finishes used, one bead blasted and the other a streaked satin.by jasonstone20 - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Jody, Nice write up. I saw these stones when I was at Walmart last, but I didn't pick one up because I have a bunch of Norton/Pike India stones, as well as a bunch of cheap hardware stones. Where did you get the info for putting the petroleum jelly on the stone? I found that procedure very interesting. What finer stone are you going to after the Al2O3 stone? I usually like a Soft Arkansby jasonstone20 - Product Review/Feedback
Sal, Just sent Shawn a message. Thank you for reminding me, I forgot about it.by jasonstone20 - General
I mean to post this yesterday, but I got busy. Here is a KnifeNews article talking about it:by jasonstone20 - General
valurom, Yeah, mirror edges are nice, I like them.by jasonstone20 - New Knives, and New to You Knives
cKc, Ray Ennis is amazing.by jasonstone20 - General