Knife Sharpening - Wells Blade Works

Knife Sharpening - Wells Blade Works - Cpm-20cv

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2 жыл бұрын

Knife Used
Walter Wells Blade Works Custom
Steel type
Cpm-20cv
Stones Used
(Started with)
Nubatama Ume 1000 grit
Shapton Pro 320 grit
(Restarted with)
Venev Diamond stone - 160/125 micron - 100 grit
Venev Diamond stone - 100/80 micron - 120 grit
Venev Diamond stone - 50/40 micron - 280 grit
Venev Diamond stone - 20/14 micron - 700 grit
Venev Diamond stone - 7/5 micron - 2500 grit
Venev Diamond stone - 3/2 micron - 5000 grit
StropppyStuff Leather Strop with 0.5µ and 0.25µ diamond compound
Bess 'C' results based on 3 cut test averaged - 159g
Edge angle measured with Catra protractor - 19º per side, 38º inclusive
Wow. This steel gave me fits. I was not prepared, nor aware, custom heat treats, could make 20cv such a task. The paperwork, that came with the knife, states the HRC is 61-62. Now that I have put it to stones, I am really looking forward to actually using it! I have high expectations, for how well it will perform. I will, no doubt, report back, once I've dulled it.

Пікірлер: 40

@dombond6515 2 жыл бұрын

Willie nielli ha. Jeff I could watch u shatpen all day. And your edges are so consistent heel to tip! I couldn't belive the hardness of that 20cv wow.

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. I am getting old -willie nilli- I dunno if the hardness played a role, or what. It gave me a run for my money, that is for certain.

@user-xf4es7eh9y 6 ай бұрын

in my experince that 320 sp will get it but it likes more heavy pressure... the issue then is it breaks down fairly quicky and creates a lot of mud... which kinda cloggs the stone from cutting well but it seems to work well on wider bevels more so than most sp stones. but those are a sic abrasive, so they can cut steel like that just fine. shapton themselves like to claim to the 220 is for hss whereas the 320 is better for high carbon steel, but far as I can tell they're the same just one is sligtly finer.

@lucacadianalbert 2 жыл бұрын

Walter is THE MAN!!! you get sooooo much knife for the money.

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Shows ya pics from start to finish. Can't ask for much more. I like how the cant of the blade, is angled just slightly, towards your working area. Reminds me of my Dalton 06/1 in that respect.

@glockgaston2922 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful blades Jef. It’s interesting that you had to keep changing abrasives to get it to cut the steel for you. Thanks for sharing brother 👊🍻

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Just needed to find the right one. The 320 Shapton was cutting, although not as quickly as I wanted. One side was just not reaching the apex. Just goes to show, start with the proper stones, and you will have fewer headaches.

@dark_gravity_edc 2 жыл бұрын

Got a Wells coming in the next couple weeks. Blade is currently out for heat treat. M2 steel at 63-64HRC drop point with a compound hollow grind. Can't wait.

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Compound hollow? That sounds pretty dope! I should have mentioned ask these were hollow grinds. The blue one i mentioned was ground real thin. It’s wicked. For the price i think you are going to be very happy with your knife. He seems to genuinely care if there are flaws, and wants to make them right. So if you have problems do reach out to him

@dark_gravity_edc 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jef yeah, compound hollow like on a 229 or J-cape. Really excited because I've never seen a negative review or word said about his knives.

@NeevesKnives 2 жыл бұрын

I was Sharpening custom Magnacut on venev while watching, 👊 diamonds bang

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Lucky dog! Knife Sharpening Norway keeps singing the praises of Magnacut. I haven't had the pleasure of rubbing it across any abrasives yet. I'm always last to the boutique steel party's.

@waltv6385 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jef parties

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

@@waltv6385 really? we gotta do that here? have you never made a mistake in your typing?

@jamesmiller360 2 жыл бұрын

Good looking knife. Enjoyed th e video.

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The knives are pretty dope. You get a lot for the money, and made to your spec.

@NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work as usual Jeff!

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

@zulukiloedgewerx 2 жыл бұрын

nice looking knives

@richardf9137 2 жыл бұрын

I would have to come out of retirement to afford those knives LOL, they are beautiful!

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

:D They are priced close to a Microtech knife. I do admit, I've slowed way down in my knife purchasing as of late. Things are getting more expensive, and quality isn't meeting my expectations.

@maine420247 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jeff was wondering what you thought of the new king neo stones? Just pulled the trigger from mtc for 38.oo

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

From what I’ve seen there is only one. An 800 grit. If they ever have more available I’ll prob check them out. As it is, i don’t have much use for it so I’ve never bought one. Wish i could tell ya more. Triple b seems to love his. If he says it is good, it’s good 👍 😁

@zulukiloedgewerx 2 жыл бұрын

the king neo is also in my radar..might be buying one to try out

@jc2557 Жыл бұрын

Hey Jef, thanks for another great video, I've been using a Sabatori rust eraser (medium) to clean out my Venev Dragon stones when they load up. They don't remove any diamond, just steel. A Burfection tip.

@Jef Жыл бұрын

Useful tip, but sometimes, you want to remove that resin bonding, to expose new diamonds. A rust eraser wont do this. I would recommend getting a small piece of Sic, from a cheap hardware stone, perhaps. Use a hacksaw to cut it. There are videos online that demonstrate how to do it. Or just use the entire stone. It'll work either way :)

@jc2557 Жыл бұрын

@@Jef Tanks Jef, yes when I want to freshen up the diamonds my Nagura's work but take a lot of stone colour/grit off, so I use sparingly, hence the rust eraser in between. Keep well and the video's coming. Thanks again.

@user-xf4es7eh9y 6 ай бұрын

@@jc2557 I use plastic abrasive on my resin stones... such as the stuff magic erasers are made of. it works and doesn't wear the stone fast... if i want to flatten and actually do that I do that with something else. but just to clear swarf or clogging I use the more gentle solution.

@paullmight42 5 ай бұрын

did the lock stick ever get situated? He is working on one for me as we speak, just send me blade off to heat treat...

@Jef 5 ай бұрын

I sent it back 3 times i think? It’s better but not 100%.

@paullmight42 5 ай бұрын

I'm not too worried about it bc it probably wont be a user for me but, i have been sourcing options if it gets too bad for a steel insert @@Jef

@knifesharpeningnorway 2 жыл бұрын

One purdy knife. Some steels with some heat treats sometimes just beat your ass haha both my magnacut blades from aaron johnson abrades slower on my Stones than a lionsteel m 390 blade. My magnacut outdoor blade is 63 hrc the chef knife 64 hrc both takes the most lovely edge

@Jef 2 жыл бұрын

Yea buddy. I seen you had a video up recently showing it off. I haven't had a chance to sit down and watch it yet, but it's coming!

@knifesharpeningnorway 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jef no worries mate

@mzeusk13 Жыл бұрын

Has to be well over 60, no way Shapton pro 320 would had issues with 20cv (M390) at 60HRC, also the geometry that thin, mr Wells has confidence in his work. Had to check your CPM 20CV M390 videos, my Bugout in M390 is tough to sharpen too, but Cold Steel S35VN even tougher for some reason, even with diamonds, feels tougher than Spyderco K390, crazy, idk. Cheers boss!

@Jef Жыл бұрын

Yup I’ve rarely had issue sharpening this steel with my Shapton pro stones. This particular blade, gave me fits initially. Once i swapped to more aggressive abrasives, it was a breeze. I’ve only got one knife from cold steel in s35vn. I haven’t sharpened it yet, but now you got me curious 😁. Same for my Bugout. I have one in 20cv. Not sure about m390. Will have to look at em

@user-xf4es7eh9y 6 ай бұрын

when you manually aka not powered grinding on diamonds the difference between 3% vanadium and 9% vanadium really doesn't matter. diamonds cut it all abut the same, as far as how it's gonna feel manually grinding. anyway, hrc scale isn't linear, meaning 60 to 65 is quite a bit more than 55 to 60, but in terms of abrasion resistance like say what they measure on a catra test, each hrc point adds between 1% to 2% in terms of abrasion resistance. thats for the same steel ofc. So it's not really as big factor like some think. what really counts is just carbide quantity and type. also the actual size of the carbide clusters in the steel is often more of a factor than the 7 or 8% difference you'd get from 5 hrc .

@zero_tolerance245 6 ай бұрын

Dude what is this freakin' tattoo on your hand, I like it but explain me more about it please, what is this man or animal or...?

@Jef 6 ай бұрын

It is a plauge dr. During the black plauge, they thought it was airborne (fleas from rats were the culprit). These masks were meant to help filter the air. They also kept Herb’s and other astringent things in the tip, to help mask the smell of the dead. Not to mention, the conditions most were found in, were deplorable. One can only imagine how awful the smell would have been. A lot of history there, but i mainly just dig the aesthetic 😁

@zero_tolerance245 6 ай бұрын

@@Jef thank you man, you gave me enough info, I'm glad thank you!😉