08-05-2018, 10:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2018, 10:32 PM by KnifeGrinders.)
(08-05-2018, 07:41 PM)grepper Wrote: 25 eh? Must be something in that Australian air that's turning out such talented sharpeners.
Maybe the air
4 months ago the same knifemaker Peter Bald scored in the Adelaide show 35 or 25 BESS on a different PT50B, and test done by a different person.
The winning knife has 34 degrees included edge, and Peter says it took him 30 min on Edge Pro to sharpen it.
When I took the first measurements, the knife scored 50 to 35 BESS along the edge - Peter said he didn't touch the knife since the last show; he gave it a few strokes on a paddle strop to remove the oxidation, and the knife scored 25 BESS.
The Metal Monkey Knives have all knives 90-95 BESS sharp, telling of a very consistent sharpening method.
Fabian's FK knives also initially scored 90 BESS - I advised him to strop on a clean leather strop to get rid of the oxidation layer, and the knife scored 75 BESS.
In his photo you see massive fighters close to where my son stands - they scored 160 BESS, and I tell you it is not easy to get such sharpness on that heavy big knives. For comparison, the famous ROCKSTEAD folding knives scored 160 BESS.
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