Thread: Bevel pics

Jerry, you are using way too many stones. For a total bevel set do 1, 3, 8 and 20k Keep it simple. You can make those jumps very easily, I often do fewer, but that is a more advanced technique and do not recommend it until you fully grasp pressure and know your stones potential.

The 5 & 12 do not add much in your progression. For a reset the 5 can come in handy, I have a King 6k I like for that when I need more than an 8k.

I like the 12k for touch up, but in your progression 8 to 20k works well, both are aggressive stones.

The 3k is your workhorse for removing the deep stria, here is where you want to use circles or pressure and maybe a few more laps than other stones. Get the 3k down with no deep stria and it’s downhill from there.

For this blade do not go lower than the 3k.

As I said earlier, you can start each new stone in the progression with circles or pressure and finish with light laps to lower the land of the stria, so it will be easier for the next stone in progression to remove all previous stria.

A given grit will cut the equivalent size grove, e.g. all 1k’s cut 1k grooves, after the groves are cut, if you do lite laps you can cut the height of the groove, the width will still be 1k, but the height could be half or a quarter, depending on the stone. A 1k diamond plate, will cut deeper than a 1k King.

I think you are close. Keep at it trying different technique, strokes and pressure and it will come together for you.

Here is one other thing you can try, that a lot of new guys have had good results with. Do a google search for “the Ax Method Gilmore” it is a half lap, knife honing technique that Alex Gilmore came up with a few years ago. You do 20 half laps, on each side, then 10 laps, 5 laps, 2 laps then one lite lap, 38 laps total, but you do a lot of laps on each side in succession, so you remove material quickly. This stroke has a tendency to put more pressure on the front/edge of the bevel. Just what you need…

Alex has a bunch of good video on You Tube and, on his site, TheJapanStone. Just something else that might work for you.

Almost there.