I met Chris O. (Panzer075) at the F class nationals in Sacramento recently and we started talking about knives. I realized quickly that this guy was serious about blades and knew what he was talking about. We discussed sharpening techniques and he described his method of using Japanese water stones set up at eye level and worked by hand. Then he showed me his his personal knife which had a flawless edge and was scalpel sharp. The edge was perfectly straight and polished to a mirror finish. I was amazed that he could get them so perfect by hand. When I try to sharpen them I get a multi faceted edge because I can't hold the same angle consistently with every stroke. He doesn't have that problem.
I gave him some knives from myself and some friends out there to take back with him and sharpen for us. I told him I wanted a short angle, stronger, supported edge for hard use instead of the delicate, hair shaving long angle edge. I have them back now and they are amazing. The best edge I've ever seen they are just perfect. I think he only charged about 20 bucks each for these folders and that is a great deal. I'm sure I'll send him some more soon.
The edges are hard to capture very well on film but hopefully these images will give you some idea of what I mean. These are a SOG Trident and a Benchmade Rukus.
I gave him some knives from myself and some friends out there to take back with him and sharpen for us. I told him I wanted a short angle, stronger, supported edge for hard use instead of the delicate, hair shaving long angle edge. I have them back now and they are amazing. The best edge I've ever seen they are just perfect. I think he only charged about 20 bucks each for these folders and that is a great deal. I'm sure I'll send him some more soon.
The edges are hard to capture very well on film but hopefully these images will give you some idea of what I mean. These are a SOG Trident and a Benchmade Rukus.
