The Reason You Can't Get A Hair Whittling Edge No One Talks About

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The Reason You Can't Get A Hair Whittling Edge No One Talks About
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00:00 Its the knife not you
00:26 the worst stone i have
01:08 this will hurt some feelings, the first knife- worst knife to sharpen
02:54 second knife- the BEST knife to sharpen
04:09 up close comparison
04:46 rex45 experiment
05:19 Neevesknives discussion on this
06:26 Look at the steel
07:11 i want to make the clear!!

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@OUTDOORS55 10 күн бұрын

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@susceptibility_ 9 күн бұрын

Mine has arrived yesterday, it is really decent, I am still a beginner, but I was able to form a burr pretty quickly, but still have to practice the removal. Thank you for the recommendation!

@hkguitar1984 9 күн бұрын

So glad you covered this subject. Many times a friend or coworker will check out my EDC and be amazed at the edge sharpness. At that point they ask me to sharpen their knife, and 9 times out of 10 their knife is of poor quality, thus the edge performance of their knife is disappointing. I've explained many times the importance of a good quality blade, most people just won't spend $200+ on a pocket knife. My EDC is a SpiderCo Military with a CPM S30V blade, it is easily one of the top 10 knives I've ever owned (and easily money well spent). Great content (that is what keeps me coming back), thank you.

@HKM-fj5fk 9 күн бұрын

Hey i know you are a specialised knife channel. But if you talk about kitchen knives , the one place most people use knife , will be really great

@hkguitar1984 9 күн бұрын

@@HKM-fj5fk Indeed YES

@dragoscoco2173 9 күн бұрын

Diamond does not strop 440A, it cuts. Use green compound and do a proper strop that gives it an actual polished edge.

@wretchedmess 9 күн бұрын

Expert sharpening skills aside, your camera work, editing and the quality of the microscopic close-ups are absolutely astounding. The close-up of the hair whittling, perfectly lit and in perfect focus are unbelievably skillful. You could start a second channel teaching video production.

@Guynhistruck 9 күн бұрын

I taught video production at a university level for a number of years, and I fully agree. Phenomenal work. A testament to the fact that you don't need thousands of dollars worth of equipment to get great results; just the proper knowledge base and some reasonably affordable supplies can put out some incredible end results. 👍

@OwenIverson 9 күн бұрын

Agreed - getting clear microscope shots and esp video is not a simple task!

@DaryooshF.Sh.P-vq6mu 9 күн бұрын

Bet this is a relief for many of us 🔪

@scottbennington2936 9 күн бұрын

Trying to tune The old timer and an old buck skinner had me so frustrated. Yet I could tune my parents kitchen in 30 mins. Never understood. Know I know.

@DaryooshF.Sh.P-vq6mu 9 күн бұрын

@@scottbennington2936 yea I have had same problem with some of knives. Know I can get rid of them with clean conscious. Hell the worst of mine is Falkniven A1 pro. Big pin in my …

@1eikaramba1 9 күн бұрын

if possible i would wish that for the next videos you try to sharpen kitchen knifes. i think you always use hunting knifes. i understand it maybe does not really makes a difference, but i just feel there are so many different kitchen knives and are there differences on how they can and should be sharpened?

@user-im9ov9ud7m 9 күн бұрын

Slimmer angles

@OUTDOORS55 9 күн бұрын

I have big plans for this area coming soon👍

@1eikaramba1 9 күн бұрын

@@OUTDOORS55 nice thank you so much. And I forgot to say thank you for that video. I just bought a new Japanese damascus knife after watching that video. It's your fault :p

@bobbygetsbanned6049 9 күн бұрын

@@OUTDOORS55 I'm only interested in kitchen knives, so that's good news.

@misterkevinoh 9 күн бұрын

@@OUTDOORS55 All chefs thank you

@yellowked 9 күн бұрын

Honey wake up, new sharpening video just dropped

@scottbennington2936 9 күн бұрын

Wife- "How many times can watch a man sharpen a knife"? You- "He split a piece of hair in half and filmed it under a microscope"!

@lawrenceragnarok1186 9 күн бұрын

Dude, don't. That joke is so bad and is for true crime channel watchers that simp for the nasaly host

@reidycruise 9 күн бұрын

And your best friend is balls deep lol

@DefinitelyNotJ749 7 күн бұрын

More like: honey wake up, I need your hair to whittle for the sharpening videos

@RainForestLeDoux 6 күн бұрын

My wife was like "what the hell are you watching" the other day.... Now I've ordered stones and strops and am constantly having her test the kitchen knives lmfao... she married a nerd.

@d3w4yn3 7 күн бұрын

Paid for a plane ticket to Atlanta, paid for my ticket for the show, but my dog ate half a kitchen towel and almost died and had to have a every expensive surgery.... if it weren't for that, I would have gotten to meet you in person at the blade show! I'll just have to watch your videos repeatedly until the next time!

@nikitavanhoose405 3 күн бұрын

I'm 45 now, but as a kid, me and my dad and other family members were always hunting, fishing, and other outdoors activities. Because of this, we were always using hunting knives and filet knives, so my dad taught me how to sharpen them at an early age. The best early tip he ever gave me was the sticker trick. Basically, you pretend, or emagine theirs a sticker stuck to the surface of the stone, so your trying to use the very extreme tip of the edge to catch the edge of the sticker and peal it off in one swipe. This helped me tremendously in getting a decent angle, and after doing this over and over, now all these years later I have muscle memory for holding the blade at the perfect angle to sharpen. I'm no expert, but I can put an edge on most knives that will easily cut hair in about 20 minutes, or so, depending on how dull it was to start with.

@Doc-Holliday1851 9 күн бұрын

I'm convinced that schrade makes their old timer knives out of chromed plastic based on how they sharpen.

@oceanwaves83 9 күн бұрын

It's so bad lol

@dragoscoco2173 9 күн бұрын

Nah, the knife is fine. The strop failed to do it's job in polishing the edge. It is very common for people to mess up stainless steel stropping.

@Doc-Holliday1851 9 күн бұрын

@@dragoscoco2173 I’m not saying this based on the video but on my own experience as a professional knife sharpener. Old timers are trash.

@Bethany415 9 күн бұрын

I wish it wasn't true, but it is. At least they are now making knives with D2 and 9CR18Mov. They still make the trash, but it's not all they make.

@byronnelson2549 7 күн бұрын

Shrade went out of business in 2004-05. The ones you see now at Walmart are anywhere are from China and are stainless. The older Schrades made in the USA were carbon. Shrade /Walden was before Shrade and were even better.

@DtWolfwood 9 күн бұрын

Finally I can blame the cheap steels instead of my inability to sharpen! Thanks! OK I'm very bad at sharpening but dagnabit I'll get it someday

@alexolivarez732 9 күн бұрын

From one Alex to another. Thank you so much for this video! You just kept me from losing my mind!

@alextheonewarrior 7 күн бұрын

Another alex here, I share the appreciation

@klausnielsen1537 8 күн бұрын

I own a budget Mora knife that i can always get super sharp without too much hassle. I have found that because of the price I use it all the time. Point being that a manufacturer that takes heat treatment serious can make great results with inexpensive steels.

@1980Baldeagle 4 күн бұрын

My favorite knife.

@freemansame8062 9 күн бұрын

Hope to see a video with a compilation of all the crazy close-ups you do, it deserves its own chapter

@vanishwolfen 9 күн бұрын

Thank you. Guess it explains why I can't get some of my wife's cheap kitchen knives to hair whittling sharp. Keep it up bro. And take care.

@olivermilutinovic749 9 күн бұрын

Your videos have been extremely helpful. I am getting the edges I wanted, settled on a range of Shaptons. Thanks.

@tombrown4683 9 күн бұрын

I have wondered about this. Makes sense.

@KeithCooper-Albuquerque 9 күн бұрын

Thanks again for another great video!

@ml3141 9 күн бұрын

This very important information! All I have is cheap kitchen knives, a few cheap Pocket knives, and two water stones. I will not attempt to get them super sharp. What for?!! No need! Thank you for the great info! 👍👍👍👍

@mitch3005 9 күн бұрын

Just took a small break at busy work to relax and watch this. Thank you for the great views and info! The outro was fire. Ready to go to work again for just little over an hour

@WhatsupOpa-gk6ko 8 күн бұрын

Hi Alex, I'm a old Michigander in Germany and I've just stumbled into knife sharpening about 6 months ago, I've watched & have learned from 4 channels but Outdoors55 is the one I'm hooked on, I've learned a lot from your one of a kind and humor filled workshops in a short time, Thank you 🤠👍...I'm currently driving my wife crazy with all the used, bent, damaged, rusty Japanese & other kitchen knives/axes that I get from Ebay just to practice & learn to restore/sharpen knives...🤪

@flnflnfln 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video

@kyounokaze 7 күн бұрын

Found this channel recently and it has quickly become my favorite channel to learn about sharpening

@philipepala4762 9 күн бұрын

Love the science approach in your videos.

@sasines 9 күн бұрын

Thank you Alex! I always learn something new from your videos plus it keeps my interest and practice going. Stay well my friend.

@uponeric36 9 күн бұрын

I feel the knife "pushing" thing, I got a really cheap knife from a thrift store interested in it's cutting performance because it was thin, and I swear it felt like the apex was bent after sharpening. Didn't matter how much I deburred it, it was too dull to cut paper. I went over it three times before giving up on it.

@daniel.rosina 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for great content!

@hddm3 9 күн бұрын

Awsome diag very good info and so true

@TUKByV 9 күн бұрын

Very cool!

@gibtsnocheinenfreien 6 күн бұрын

Thats definitely a thing! Thank you for that video! 🙂

@andrewzach1921 9 күн бұрын

Commenting for the video, thanks for the video

@christurley391 9 күн бұрын

Thanks again

@astaschak 9 күн бұрын

I've definitely run into this issue with my budget traditional knives like Schrades and Rough Ryders. The bur just doesn't want to go away, and I can even reform a bur with my strop. Whereas my k390 or s30v and even lower end but quality steels like 420hc and 14c28n are much easier to get a great edge on.

@Yeraus 4 күн бұрын

Man, I'm really glad I found your channel. More than 10 years ago now I watched some videos about knife sharpening, which in retrospect taught me wrong in many areas (like using sharpening stones with way too much grit, or that you should definitely use aluminium oxide whet stones). Your video cleared a lot of things up for me, thanks!

@powers1776reset 9 күн бұрын

I’ve always had difficulty sharpening the PM2, in S30V. I don’t know what it is, in particular, but I struggle to this day. And it’s more so about the knife and edge geometry, than the steel type, I think.

@thegrimsniper 4 күн бұрын

this had me going through my straight razor collection and touching up a few pieces, now everything (at least all the viable ones) is back up to par

@Knifeguyyy 9 күн бұрын

Excellent vid as usual! I share them often in the KME Users group. ⚔️

@Vulpes175 8 күн бұрын

awesome video

@cordobadebear 9 күн бұрын

Excellent demonstration! Not only a good comparison between type and hardness of steel, but also with a typical sharpening process. Great idea! …I find that with m4, or k390, I haven’t had to sharpen in three years…just stropping as soon as I feel any loss of sharpness and it’s back or even sharper, and blade just keeps going!

@humphreyjones1828 7 сағат бұрын

I bought that same looking stone you used first to start out sharpening and had such a terrible time. I couldn’t get anything sharp on it until years later after I learned on better harder stones.

@Gumbob1967 8 күн бұрын

Great video as always. Ive been practising freehand sharpening for a while. Getting there slowly. Best wishes from Scotland. Stay shiney.

@robertpoynton9923 9 күн бұрын

I bought one of the sharpal stones you recommended and i have been using 3 knife's as tests before I start sharpening a good quality knife. This might explain why im not getting hair popping sharp on my practice knives.

@dionpage7948 9 күн бұрын

My brother got the same stone from his woman. Your sharpening vids are the best. Top notch killer vid brother.

@applejack815 6 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@OUTDOORS55 6 күн бұрын

Thanks my friend 🙏🙏

@SteinzVsKnives 9 күн бұрын

Love you brotha! I just started trying to make videos myself

@thepugilist4379 5 күн бұрын

Dude, had to come back. Just whittled my first hair and I’m super stoked. I feel like such a dork, but it made me so damn happy. I think I might have the process down…😁

@joshuadelisle 9 күн бұрын

whats your opinion on mdf sharpening? also mdf with a chard edge and mdf with abrasive compound?

@babaarcuszatir 9 күн бұрын

I am having a really hard time with some cheap kitchen knives…this video came the right time 😅

@petersiska9939 7 күн бұрын

I love my böker spring knive with Aus8 Steal. Thats the best one

@MAWA2024 5 күн бұрын

And here I thought that I had finally bought a good sharpening stone. So much for Amazon reviews!

@waggerinator 9 күн бұрын

Watched a couple of videos now. Very well made videos with much information and really good closeups. But now I´m curious how to get a scissor sharp on these stones.

@vgamedude12 9 күн бұрын

It is odd that the 1 dollar kitchen knife seemed to have a much better edge despite being soft and probably as bad as that knife. Is it blade geometry or the fact it was sharpened on better stones (i believe) in your video?

@JeffSaldivar 9 күн бұрын

Love the videos. Curious if you could analyze ceramic and diamond rods, not the sticks that’s SpyderCo offers, but like the honing steels, but ceramic.

@diamondflaw 9 күн бұрын

The Schrade Stockman that I got from my grandfather is from back when they were made from something like 1095 and it takes and holds an edge wonderfully…. It also weighs close to double what the newer Chinese made ones do.

@ScooterFXRS 9 күн бұрын

What I learned years ago from a gentleman that had been in the metal industry his whole career and was a consultant, was than when it comes to heat treating in mass, most of it is done as fast and cheaply as possible, resulting in roughly 15%- 30% of items do not get treated properly.

@McFrog27 9 күн бұрын

Could you test the difference between stropping with, and without compound. It would be neat to see the difference

@Minamisneo 9 күн бұрын

Thank you! I can get almost every knife to shaving sharp now but I think it's the stropping compound that's holding me back from hair whittleing sharp. I need to get the diamond stuff. Hope you're feeling well!

@dragoscoco2173 9 күн бұрын

Diamond is not a true stropping material. Stropping is polishing, diamonds are cutting.

@Minamisneo 9 күн бұрын

@@dragoscoco2173 yes true. But I'm talking about the diamond stropping compound. The stuff that Alex recommends using all the time. It's expensive which is why I don't have it yet.

@Minamisneo 9 күн бұрын

@@dragoscoco2173I'm talking about using the diamond stropping compound he talks about all the time. It's way better than the green stuff but it's pretty expensive and I haven't gotten any yet. I'm not saying that that's definitely where I'm lacking, there's still a high possibility it's still my technique but I won't know until I get it and try.

@Minamisneo 9 күн бұрын

@@dragoscoco2173if you got 2 replies it's because my replies keep disappearing after I send them.

@H00Dwinked26 5 күн бұрын

Bad advice. All “cut”. The difference between polishing and cutting g is determined by the size of the material.

@ZarlanTheGreen 9 күн бұрын

I think it was in the video about the "magical" diamond plates, that you mentioned you didn't know when to stop, because you couldn't tell the change in scratch pattern. So... Sharpening until you get a uniform burr, is something you only on the first stone, then, and you aren't supposed to do that, with any further stones you go to? Makes sense, but how does one tell, when one's done, as a newbie? I don't think I've ever encountered a video, or anything else, that touches on this issue.

@cornoc 9 күн бұрын

I would also like to know

@KibberShuriq 9 күн бұрын

If you get a good loupe or a (very cheap) microscope, it becomes fairly easy to see when the scratch pattern is not getting refined any longer and it's time to switch grades.

@cornoc 8 күн бұрын

@@KibberShuriq Got any recommendations?

@OnTheRiver66 9 күн бұрын

I think you are correct. I have noticed for years that some blades can be made very sharp and others cannot. Some are almost impossible to sharpen. This is due to the steel itself. I had one well known brand that I easily brought to a razor edge, and the exact same knife from the same maker I bought a year or two later that was almost impossible to bring to the same edge. I also think that something has to do with the grain sizes in the steel which is due to the processing of the steel.

@Keith_the_knife_freak 9 күн бұрын

Yes !!!

@jons2447 9 күн бұрын

Hello, Alex; Thank you for another good video. When I was young (69 now) Schrade had some good carbon steel knives. Back then, you couldn't give me Schrade stainless blade. That was like 50 years ago. I still have a bias against stainless because much of it (back then) was "stainless". But not so much "steel", IFKWIM. I bought a 440 stainless "Sarge" pocket knife from Woodcraft for $10, 1/2 off. It is hard to sharpen & even sharpening at a lower angle it's still hard to sharpen. With the bevel at a 1/16th wide (maybe 12°?) it is sharper but it still a junk knife. The liners are thin, the scales look like some kind of dull black plastic. Hey, it's a cheap $10 knife. But I can get it sharper by sharpening at a lower angle. Try it, when you got 15-20 minutes to kill. Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!

@GruntBurger 9 күн бұрын

I am pretty experienced at sharpening at this point, been doing it by hand for about 20 years now and I'm pretty good. I can confirm, i stopped using my old timer trapper because it just won't get sharp.

@fofopho 3 күн бұрын

Those macro shots were $ Thanks!

@arkonwolves7192 8 күн бұрын

Hey quick question, how well would you rate 5160 for sharpening. I used the sharpal diamond stone you recommended and it got my Puukko made of 5160 fairly sharp but not hair whittling so I just thought it was a technique issue but this video raised the question of the steel.

@killerbern666 8 күн бұрын

it would be nice if you could do the same test with different well known brand/steel stuff like a buck 110, a victorinox swiss knife or a spyderco so we know if these can get THAT sharp at all 🤔

@luisaspo 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video!!! Is 9Cr18MoV or 14c28n a steel that can do that hair slicing? It’s very interesting for me to know because I know I just haven’t got to an expert level sharpening my knives. But how far am I to get there? Will I know with this steel?

@CarnivoreConservative 9 күн бұрын

I got the rex 45 knife you showed in a previous video. I am scared to sharpen it lol

@christopherlaborde1670 9 күн бұрын

Should I be able to get 2019 benchmade with SV30 hair whittling sharp? Shaving sharp is easy, but hanging hair kind of sharp doesn’t seem to be happening. I’m using your favorite stones but stropping with chromium oxide. Should this set up get me there, or is the chromium oxide the limiting factor?

@Dragoloov 9 күн бұрын

that is exactly it

@christopherlaborde1670 9 күн бұрын

Should I be able to get 2019 benchmade SV30 “hair whittling sharp”? Shaving sharp is easy, but hanging hair kind of sharp doesn’t seem to be happening. I’m using your favorite stones but stropping with chromium oxide. Should this set up get me there, or is the chromium oxide the limiting factor?

@tomatoe308 16 сағат бұрын

Is the smiths deluxe 2 stone whetstone kit any good?

@lokonu 9 күн бұрын

i bought this stone as my first one, to learn on (before watching your review) - and to be honest? it worked okay for my half-decent kitchen knife set. pretty sharp (paper test, didnt think to test hair), and didnt take too long. (it has *all* the drawbacks you mention, dont get me wrong!)

@-IE_it_yourself 6 күн бұрын

i got one too 800 1200 combo stone. honestly it probably slowed down my learning curve. that this was never flat and always bit the blade. i still wanted to start basic and got a 200/800 oil stone and some balistol sharpening oil. next upgrade will be the shaptons 400 and 1000. i would love to try a natural stone some day.

@markmcd2780 9 күн бұрын

I very much enjoy your work & have learned a lot - I bought some of the el cheapo stones before I found your channel - figured I would learn as much as I can from them before upgrading. I have 2 Q's... 1. How do you have any hair left on your arms? 2. Is there a way you could add a rule when you show the magnified edge pics? I'm new & don't know if I'm seeing a 'long' bevel (fine angle) or a really mag'd larger angle bevel.

@adfaklsdjf 9 күн бұрын

6:29 the video shows the edge cutting a human hair for scale xD the full screen is probably a couple mm

@markmcd2780 9 күн бұрын

@@adfaklsdjf So if you look bottom left corner, is that the part of the blade that is flat? I ask because some of my 2nd hand knives have a double bevel & I'm wondering if I should profile the knives to remove the 'ridge where perhaps somebody messed it up.

@adfaklsdjf 9 күн бұрын

@@markmcd2780 i think what you're seeing in the bottom left is the bevel. the part that's taking up most of the screen is the part that was directly in contact with the stone, just along the very edge of the blade. it's extremely zoomed in.. i don't know what kind of equipment he's using but i don't think this is just macro lens? if you put an ordinary 12" ruler on the screen, you'd probably only fit like 1 or 2 of the lines separating millimeters... we're way too close for a regular ruler to show any useful information. the scratch pattern isn't visible to the naked eye.

@markmcd2780 8 күн бұрын

@@adfaklsdjf Thanks very much for taking time to answer. It's appreciated!😀

@m8eee Күн бұрын

I have a 7Cr17MoV bg knife. Similar to 440a. It's always almost sharp but never sharp sharp. Handles a lot of abuse but never shaves even after having it professionally sharpened. Thanks for confirming

@tallbrian100 9 күн бұрын

I have a ZWILLING PROFESSIONAL S 8-inch, Chef's Knife. I can get it plenty sharp for kitchen use but its to soft the get hair whittling sharp.

@andreacapani2170 9 күн бұрын

what are some tips to get better fast? i own only the same stone you showed here and 2 nanikawa 1000 and 5000.

@Hod86 9 күн бұрын

Hey. I enjoy your videos, i've learned quite a lot by watching them. I have 2 questions. Would it be correct to assume, for a high HRC blade(60+), if not properly apexed, it would dull faster than a blade made from softer metal, because the burr will chip faster? I have a vg10 knife, sharpened decently to cut paper, but after cutting a couple of vegetables, it would not cut the paper like before. As for the second question, what do you gain by polishing the blade on a higher grit stone (5000+) if one could get hair whittling sharp on a 1000 grit?

@sho6498 9 күн бұрын

Hi Alex! I have a question: can you use oil on a waterstone and vice versa? If not, then why, what happens if you try? What features make them different? If there is something to say and show about this, then perhaps this could become a topic for a video. Thank you for your content!

@brianbaldwin3700 9 күн бұрын

I love your work man. I want to know how long a hair whittling edge holds that edge after cutting through something other than hair? Im sure steel choice has a lot to do with it but do I need to go this far with my knives for a lasting edge?

@j.l.327 5 күн бұрын

A thousand times yes, he could have stopped when he got it sharp and had a knife that would have done most cutting tasks, if you want to chase a high rockwell and hair whittling thats fine but in the real world its a cheaper knife that would perform most tasks, you can put rims on a pinto but trying to win a best of show at the auto show is not a safe bet

@SethCrowderMusic 9 күн бұрын

HEY! That shrade old timer is alot like the one i have! And i have those cheapo stones too!

@SethCrowderMusic 9 күн бұрын

Edit:Neat!*

@face1893 9 күн бұрын

My only question is... What is the HRC of the hair? Who is your vendor?

@Leo99929 9 күн бұрын

Could you talk about the difference between steels? I have basically no idea what to look for when selecting a steel to make a knife or buy one. I bought some stainless for forging one time and it didn't forge very nicely. Tended to crack. Needed regular annealing. Some of the other good knife steels I've looked at need care to avoid rust...

@-IE_it_yourself 6 күн бұрын

do you have any videos using oil stones?

@karnovtalonhawk9708 9 күн бұрын

Gday again. New to knife sharpening but as a stonemason worked granite a long time. The reason benches have rounded or profiled edges is many, less chipping, a better look, etc. One other reason might be if i do a perfect 90 degree edge on stone it will cut your finger. There is a reason our ancestors used it first. If you put a bit of thought into it you have a tone of sharp edges very quickly. Even if you just end up throwing them at an enemy they will do a lot more damage. Also the harder a stone is the easier it is to polish. As a soft stone is easier to mess up the grind, leaving scratches that show in the polish. I assume metal is similar.

@NicoloGatto-pn9jr 9 күн бұрын

I wanna buy the shapton glass 1000 but i don't know if buy the 2000 or the 5000 over that

@crisnevin7934 9 күн бұрын

I'd still love to hear your thoughts on the benchmade AFO II

@forger9443 3 күн бұрын

Cries and looks at my Buck 874 Mini Iceman 😭........ I still love you baby... you're the best knife I've ever had 🤗... That should tell you how sucky my other kitchen and utility cutlery are. Well aside from my machetes, but I mean that's a whole different purpose really.

@alex_285 8 күн бұрын

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@Arikayx13 9 күн бұрын

If the issue is a too plastic edge might they do better at a steeper angle that while more wedge-like allows for a crisper apexed edge?

@massimofiaschi7351 5 күн бұрын

Hi, as usual, very interesting and very important video for beginners. I wanted to ask you: in your opinion, what should be the minimum hardness of steel (HRC) to be able to cut a hair? What type of pocket knife do you recommend? Thanks, Massimo.

@TheZaji 3 күн бұрын

At first, you make really nice kind of in depth videos about sharpening. They are very informative and I've learned a lot, great work ! Unfortunately I gave up on trying to sharpen my knifes on stones because for me it's to time-consuming. I've bought a tormek T1 and try to get good results out of it. If the knife is shaving I am happy no matter if it rips the hair out or pops them of. Do you have a recommendation for a lens or microscope to see what's going on on the cutting edge?

@_Tom_Cat 4 күн бұрын

Will please make a video reviewing the 'Sharpens Best' knife sharpener?

@American-Plague 6 күн бұрын

Hey Alex, I'm sure you've had this question before but I have some DMT 3 micron diamond stropping paste and some DMT 1 micron stropping paste. I've heard conflicting answers. Should your higher grit (3 micron) paste go on the suede side of the leather paddle strop or the smooth side of the leather paddle strop or vice versa? And is 3 micron paste good enough after your last stone sharpening on a 9 micron DMT sharpening stone? Thanks in advance!

@Jvitork 9 күн бұрын

Thank you for the great video! I can get almost all my knives shaving sharp, but after 1 week of daily use they feel dull again. Is it normal or should they last a little longer? (It's not a premium steel btw) Although I dont have a magnifier to check closely, I really think that I've removed all the burrs... Any tips, please? (Not sure if does it matter but I'm using the DMT stones 325 and 1200 grit then stroping with green compound)

@hawkknight4223 9 күн бұрын

I was already to make a negative comment. But I think you’re pretty much right on everything here man! And yeah. Those stones, do indeed, suck!

@S.Vallieres 6 күн бұрын

Hi Alex, thanks a lot for this another nice sharpening video. I must say I'm surprised you had trouble getting very high sharpness with the Old Timer knife (55 HRC) while you got hair whittling sharp edge on the 1$ kitchen knife (51-52 HRC) which even remained sharp after carving a 2x4... Maybe there is more RA in the Old Timer one... but at the same time I strongly doubt the 1$ knife got an oil or plate quench and a cryo cycle in its HT... A bit confusing to me...

@axlaguilar5289 5 сағат бұрын

I really like this KZfaq channel. I hope aome day a video about Diamond vs Shapton Kuromaku vs Venev OCB stones scratch pattern.

@lyvinlyphe9644 9 күн бұрын

So what should I look for when purchasing a knife? Some particular labeling? I’m new to the knife world. You said something about HRC! Is there a range I should be looking for? I know a few solid knife brands, but I still don’t know what makes a good knife and what doesn’t. Certain metal?

@OUTDOORS55 9 күн бұрын

Start with spyderco👍

@tgraymk 7 күн бұрын

As a beginner, I started with cheap aluminum oxide stones. Now I can sharpen on amything! Although I think mine were less crappy than your demo one!

@danielz000 9 күн бұрын

I was banging my head against the wall over why I couldn't get my 52hrc kitchen knives super sharp, eventually came to the conclusion it was the steel. This confirms my suspicions.

@GilesCuckow 8 күн бұрын

I'm a huge fan of the Lansky Blade Medic for unusual blade sizes and shapes, can you make a video on why this would be a bad tool to use for perfectionists? It has a diamond tapered rod, carbide and ceramic pull through sharpeners and a serrated ceramic edge, why would you not use this? I think this would be a helpful video for people to understand, like me why this is not the best option

@bwillan 9 күн бұрын

I don't know how much difference there is between 440A and 440C steels, but my cheap Ganzo knives will shave arm hair readily after being sharpened on my Hapstone basic sharpening system to 1200 grit. As to how well an edge cuts is a matter of edge geometry and how thin the blade is.