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Can we have a thread about proper blade maintenance whether it be a knife or axe, etc...?
From my current understand there exist a few different methods of maintenance used for differing severity of damage.
1. When the burr is simply out of line and there are no nicks you can use steel, honing stones, or strop to get your blade back to razor sharp.
2. Small nicks in the blade can be repaired with honing stones or simple over the counter sharpening solutions.
3. Heavier blade damage needs to be worked out on a proper wetstone, whether by hand or on a machine setup, then finished to razor sharp with a polishing stone/strop or both.
But I've gathered that different types of steels, grinds, bevels etc... can all call for different techniques in stone work, stroping, what kind of compounds to use... It's all very confusing and the videos I watch on YT or read in books don't seem to cover everything I would like.
From my current understand there exist a few different methods of maintenance used for differing severity of damage.
1. When the burr is simply out of line and there are no nicks you can use steel, honing stones, or strop to get your blade back to razor sharp.
2. Small nicks in the blade can be repaired with honing stones or simple over the counter sharpening solutions.
3. Heavier blade damage needs to be worked out on a proper wetstone, whether by hand or on a machine setup, then finished to razor sharp with a polishing stone/strop or both.
But I've gathered that different types of steels, grinds, bevels etc... can all call for different techniques in stone work, stroping, what kind of compounds to use... It's all very confusing and the videos I watch on YT or read in books don't seem to cover everything I would like.
