Thread: What are you working on?

Beautiful work guys!

Gonna keep working on my strop project. This time I'll be keeping two things in mind.

1 - Remeber what Euclid and Tom said.
2 - Forget what I read on other forums!!

I'm still going to experiment because I enjoy that part of the process. Most things probably wont work as well, but maybe I'll stumble onto a gem. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Theseus, that Kami is looking a lot better without the dryrotted handle. Gonna wrap it or try something else??

Originally Posted by JP5

Theseus, that Kami is looking a lot better without the dryrotted handle. Gonna wrap it or try something else??

I think I'm going to go for a simple wrap. Not sure what I'll use yet, but I think I might have some wax string kicking around here somewhere.

Started flattening some scale material for my Packwood and decided to start a project I've been meaning to do since I got my flatting plate. Flatten my black Arkansas (it was the "hot tech" in the late 80s). It's been one of my favorite stones for 25+ years, never flattened it (didn't know better till a few years ago). But for the house/pocket/woodcarving knives it gave magnificent edges (used to mess with knife salesmen who tried to show me how much sharper there product was than my current kitchen set - so much fun to see their face when my blades blew through their challenges ). I tried using it to sharpen up my first straight, but no go (you tube and most of the internet didn't exist yet). Now I know it was because I wasn't using the spine to set the hone angle. Read somewhere the black stones were like 1200 to 2000 grit, which never set right as it always felt so much smoother than the 8000 Norton. Been thinking of trying it after the 8000, dug around this site and found some informative threads. So after blowing through a piece of 220 grit, my shoulders are done and I'm going to work on a scale pattern for the Packwood while making sure my couch doesn't float away. Figure I'll burn a piece of 220/night and get there eventually.

Sharptonn - nice work with those scrimmed scales. Really look good with that blade and I love the pin job you did.

Lots of nice projects going on, men. I spent the whole day, yesterday, getting my gear and ol Stump Jumper ready for the season.



Ahhhh..nothing better than the smell of a two stroke, and blastin across the lake at 60+ mph while watching the sun come up.

My day is coming with a fishing boat, Mike! Soon! I miss that!
More like 35mph for me, however!


Last pics of my favorite new razor........



Look at that belly!



Ok....I am done....

Nice work men.

Mike T., i was just asking the guys about ya yesterday. Glad to have ya back.

Hows that saying go? Your ears must have been burning?

Originally Posted by Gasman

Nice work men.

Mike T., i was just asking the guys about ya yesterday. Glad to have ya back.

Hows that saying go? Your ears must have been burning?

Thanks Jerry! Indeed they were burning. After a few days, the constant stream of SRP thoughts have a tangible gravity to them..
It will make a Brother of the Blade a bit batty!
I've got a special project I'm working on for one of our fellows here, it's a surprise! Almost finished, maybe be finished by Sunday. Getting antsy to post pics bit need to wait until complete!

“Figure I'll burn a piece of 220/night and get there eventually.”

Not on an Ark. 60 grit loose Silicone Carbide, a steel cookie sheet and a smooth piece of cement floor will get you flat in 20-30 minutes. After that run up the grits and finish on Wet & Dry.

You only have to do it once, lots of good how to threads in the stones forum.

No way with 220.

That reminds me of Charlie Lewis demonstrating flattening a hone on a cinder block under running water. Did not take long and was surprisingly smooth!


Might be a place to begin?

Once flat, smoothing goes quickly, run up the loose grits to 500 ($15, from GotGrit.com) and finish on Wet & Dry. $15 will get you enough to do several stones, you will use more 60 grit than the other so you may want a bit extra.

The trick is to get flat. With a cookie sheet on the floor, you can put all your body weight on the stone. Use a sharpie to mark a grid or the slurry will just wash it off.

Start with a teaspoon of grit and add as needed, you will feel when it stops cutting and needs more. Doesn’t take much.

I have never tried the cinderblock, I have lots of Silicone Carbide it is cheap.