😂 thank you.🙏 Bob was amazing so thats a huge compliment

He's really not. This is so bad it's laughable. I have a few ESEE's and it's incredibly easy to be a shaving edge on it in 20% of the time he did. He seems to be having trouble with a very easy steel to work with.

@@Swearengen1980 ok buddy. Esee knives are made with hard tool steel, and is not easy to sharpen quickly

@@thekickingwolf5115 If I can sharpen it to easily shave in a couple minutes, then it's a YOU problem, not a steel problem.

Love the sheath they come with. The size is pretty dope as well. I could see getting one and throwing it into service.

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If you say so :p I'm not a big fan of it. Most never heat treat it properly, so it gets gummy. Forming a truly crisp apex, along with burr removal, can be a real pain in the ass. Convexing em usually has amazing results. I will say for outdoor use, it's a hard steel to beat.

Nothing at all wrong with that! Learning how to sharpen is truly satisfying.

You can do it! If i can, ANYONE can 😁

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Yea I actually dig it, surprisingly. I hate 1095. Still, the size, shape, and sheath, just about have me sold on purchasing one.

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My 1 hour tutorial really needs a revisit. Once I got started I realized I had way more to discuss, than I intended. I think it is still tons more helpful than 90% of the other 'how to sharpen' videos, but it could use some fine tuning

It's just time and practice. Holding the angle isn't as important as you may think. Watch my video on 'how to hold consistency' to understand. Regardless, as you practice and get better, it just happens. You may not even be conscience when it occurs, but it will happen, and things will just click for you. Even after this happened, for me, I still had days, where things fell apart, and I just couldn't get it. There is no substitute, for experience, unfortunately. So grab some knives, sot aside some time, and just go at it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8lgoM1yzryqpIk.html

@@Jef thanks so much. Do you use flattening plates for stone maintenance?

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As long as the edge doesnt take damage. Chips, and dings, require grinding, to fix. If you just roll the edge, or dull it through use, then a strop is a fantastic way to keep it sharp. There are diminishing returns however. After stropping over and over, the apex will eventually start to fatten up. It will again require stones, to reset

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@@Jef im guessing its 58 would still be plenty tough at say 62 ish

Honestly Im convinced the hardness is closer to 56 on these knives.. great design, but far too soft, even for a beater survival piece.

@@jeffallred8211 I like Tops 1095hc . My Brakimo's keeps a nice sharp edge and polishes up pretty nice.

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Pretty sure i said this in the video. It makes the edge too slick. Every bit of bite disappears.

@@Jef yeah I guess I missed that.. a little bite is good.. these push cut sharpening gauges don't measure that lol.. the guys who go down to .5 micron on chamois.

Sharpie can help. Do you know this trick? Take a sharpie marker, color the bevel, then make your pass across the stone. The goal is to remove the marker entirely; that is your angle. You can do this as many times as needed, to dial in, where to hold the angle. Freehand is not exact, so you won’t hit it properly every single time, but it helps you figure out, where to hold.

@@Jef Thank you. I will try that. I ruined one knife a while back

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Seems to have worked just fine.