Yea man let me know what ya think! Gritomatic's sic stones are just awesome. Love to hear how you feel about em..Speed, feedback, friability etc

Thanks for watching! Yea mike is on a whole other level. I’d love to sit and watch him sharpen a few knives from start to finish. He’s got mad talent 👍

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching 👊

Thank you!

It’s a solid little knife. Handles can be flexible with pressure depending on which scales you get. I don’t really mind that personally but I’m sure some hate it.

If you still haven't pulled the trigger. I have one and I love it.

I’ve used gunny. It’s actually pretty decent stuff. Most diamond doesn’t agree with me, but I’d repurchase that brand 👌

Right on! Hope it helps

Yea thats what I should have done. i was just trying to get the video made. Itll get dull soon enough and need a new edge 😁

Not yet. Im always late to the new steel game

@@Jef im extremely impressed helluva stainless plenty tough and very good edge retention and good to sharpen

Sorry to hear that. I just got over some nastiness myself. Hope ya feel better soon!

@@Jef And i hope you feel better as well my brother, I love your videos i’ve been watching you for a while and You underestimate yourself and how well you really do sharpen and how good you are..anyways I think your the best and I learned from you and your videos keep inspiring,good bless brother"

Both. Although it is lighter, unintentionally, on the back stroke

Develop a burr on one side of the knife, from tip to heel. Then, and only then, flip to the other side, and repeat. After that, remove the burr, and strop. The knife should be sharp at this point. I have tutorials on my channel, demonstrating my technique, should you care to explore it. 👍

Just an idea: are you sharpening the microbevel? Me personally would sharpen it from the top of the entire bevel and working out the microbevel and blend it all into a nice shallow convex.

Are you following the factory grind? I’ve found they are sometimes at different angles. Other than following what i show, developing a burr across the whole edge, and removing it. I would recommend getting some magnification on it as well and verify you are hitting the apex

If cutting cardboard all day is your gig, s90v will hold a working edge longer. The terms easy and difficult get used often but really it boils down to what abrasive you are using. If utilizing diamond, cbn, or silicone carbide, on s90v, there isnt much difference sharpening it than s30v. However, if you use alumoxide stones, your gonna find it takes a long time to grind an edge. Which is better? Which sharpens easier? It really is rooted in what you are doing, and what abrasives you have.

Show me, with this brand of stones, vs any diamond, you care to use. Ill take the pepsi challenge, any day. I get better test results and real world use, off these, than any diamond i have tried. If you can prove me wrong, that it will ever turn up, in real world use, ill sing a different tune.

The water is just room temp/cold water, from the tap. The bottle is the same. Just plain, room temp, tap water.

With time, speed comes. Don’t rush things. Ive spent well over 8 hrs sharpening just one knife. It does happen. Keep in mind my videos are edited down as well. Much of the time i spend inspecting the edge, is cut out. Although i show the entire process, it is condensed. Many of my older videos ran into the hour + time frame. So dont be alarmed 👍 you’re not doing anything wrong

That is very helpful thanks man!! Feeling better about it

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Love the weight. It is one of the reasons I fell in love with the bugout to begin with. The CF flexes a little, like the blue version, albeit, not as much. For me, they are fantastic

@@Jef sold I'm getting 1

I have the CF s90v bug out and love it. Great edge retention. I hit it on the strip twice a week give it take. I love the weight of the CF version. I have had g10 and polymer handles on this same blade. I go back to the CF every time

I find it too lose that razor edge quickly as well. Itll keep a working edge forever, just don’t expect it severe thread cleanly

​@@Jef well if I go with s30v instead, well that working edge stay pretty good too cutting tons of cardboard daily?

S30v will hold a decent edge for awhile but cardboard is pretty aggressive. Honestly for that stuff, a utility box cutter, truly is, the best choice. Those blades can be sharpened as well. Takes only a few passes per side and they come back nice and sharp

Sitting dead on the money at 20º per side, so 40º inclusive

I used them in order of micron level. It sounds like i misspoke. 1 micron - 0.5 micron - finishing on 0.25 micron.

Thanks 🙏 I was referring to the sharpness in my self-deprecation 😁

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@@Jef most definitely will thank you!