Thread: Too Sharp

Originally Posted by DaveW

Does 2 do it? If I have an edge like that, I'll do one of three things:
* run it across an old japanese barber hone (a natural one)
* give it a brisk session on horse butt leather (which knocks the tooth off of it but doesn't drop sharpness much)
* run 10 laps on chromium oxide to make sure that no wire edge is hanging on it

I got that sticky sharp (one that seems to cut things you don't want it to) edge you're talking about straight off of purple slate. I know that stone isn't super super fine, but it's still very fine if used properly without slurry, and can make a harsh edge. The sticky or too sharp feeling isn't something I get every single time, so I'm always guessing that there's something at the edge that I don't want there from it (bits of sharp wire edge type particles or something) rather than an edge that is super fine and clean and just microscopically toothy.

If you suspect that something is amiss at the edge, you can view it quite well with good lighting and a 10X loupe. Any "wire edge" or other defect can usually be visualized at that power and diagnosed.