09-12-2018, 04:01 PM
I got my new edge on Up sharpness tester and was very excited to try it out.
First test: Spyderco small Persian in my pocket. Sharpened on sharpmaker up to extra fine rods at 15 dps and then used on random things the past few weeks. Result: 300
Second set of tests. Byrd Cara Cara (1?) that I reprofiled on the Edge Pro to 11-12 dps with 140 grit diamond plate. I then moved to the standard edge pro waterstones
180 grit: 471
320 grit: 230
600 grit: 157
1000: 179
0.5 micron diamond paste on bovine: 137
It looks like I need some more work on fine grit sharpening as the 1000 was worse than the 600. Either that or I got lucky on the 600 or tested a wire edge.
The low grit stones are a little different than the ones that are currently included, I think. I looked at the Edge Pro and it says “Ben Dale 3-99.” It’s been around a while.
First test: Spyderco small Persian in my pocket. Sharpened on sharpmaker up to extra fine rods at 15 dps and then used on random things the past few weeks. Result: 300
Second set of tests. Byrd Cara Cara (1?) that I reprofiled on the Edge Pro to 11-12 dps with 140 grit diamond plate. I then moved to the standard edge pro waterstones
180 grit: 471
320 grit: 230
600 grit: 157
1000: 179
0.5 micron diamond paste on bovine: 137
It looks like I need some more work on fine grit sharpening as the 1000 was worse than the 600. Either that or I got lucky on the 600 or tested a wire edge.
The low grit stones are a little different than the ones that are currently included, I think. I looked at the Edge Pro and it says “Ben Dale 3-99.” It’s been around a while.