Ambassador pete Posted February 27, 2012 Ambassador Report Posted February 27, 2012 Thanks Bob. I didn't know Chuck Smith's had a jig that would work. It's nice to know that a pro like you had trouble with "free hand" sharpening of these too. That makes me feel a lot better. Does Chuck Smith's have a website or do I have to call them? Sylvia, look into a ceramic blade also. I have the the Chuck Smith LW and Henley blades and always go back to the ceramic. NEVER drags and I strop about once a week with a few passes on green rouge. pete Quote
Members Sylvia Posted February 27, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 27, 2012 Sylvia, look into a ceramic blade also. I have the the Chuck Smith LW and Henley blades and always go back to the ceramic. NEVER drags and I strop about once a week with a few passes on green rouge. pete Hi Pete. Can you please measure the shaft of your ceramic blades for me? BK blades are slightly larger than the standard shank. Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Ambassador pete Posted February 27, 2012 Ambassador Report Posted February 27, 2012 Hi Pete. Can you please measure the shaft of your ceramic blades for me? BK blades are slightly larger than the standard shank. close as i can tell it's between 3/16 and 1/4, but it fits in all of my barrels. pete Quote
Members Sylvia Posted February 27, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) close as i can tell it's between 3/16 and 1/4, but it fits in all of my barrels. pete Thank you. Yep... standard size is 3/16... BK size is 7/32. Edited February 27, 2012 by Sylvia Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members Eddie Collins Posted March 5, 2012 Members Report Posted March 5, 2012 I'm surprised no one has mentioned the"Big Red" roller guide that Chuck Smith sells. It comes with a 30 degree angle guide and accepts two sizes of blade shanks. I use this on every blade I sharpen. If you use the guide it's pretty hard to get it wrong! I used to sharpen free hand by "feel" but I've proven to myself that I can't even come close to getting a consistent angle and a flat plane on each side without the guide. Consequently I need to sharpen less that 1/2 as often as I used to. When I sharpen I use a 600 and 1200 diamond hone. Be sure you push the blade across the hone...don't drag it! Then I finish with 2000 grit sand paper and polish with green rouge. Barry's blades are made of tool steel and will provide years of service if prepared properly. With the exception of my LW I won't use anything but hollow ground blades. If you don't want to spend the money on a Big Red it is a pretty simple matter to drill out an inexpensive Tandy roller guide to fit your blade. Then you only need to figure out the angle. Hope this helps...... Bobby Yeah, Barry King makes blades for the Tandy swivel knives also. They work pretty good. I have a LW also, it is really smooth. I found some old swivel knife blades in a pawn shop, look like the ones from the 60's and 70's, they have a ring in the middle of the blade, similar to the Osborne swivel knife blade, so I used a small grinding sanding wheel and grind it to a hollow ground blade, sharpen the blade with a Tandy jig, buffed it with a felt wheel with some green rouge, it works very good. It looks pretty crude, but it sure carves good. Quote
Members TacticallySharp Posted March 5, 2012 Members Report Posted March 5, 2012 Silvia, I have 4 BK knives. I use his blades and Tandy type (standard) blades in them also. Just ask Barry to send you some adaptor sleeves. He sent me 3 of them so I could use my 2 ceramic blades and a ruby blade I like. After seeing the adaptors I made 4 more for some of my other blades. I only strop the BK blades by eye/hand, no jig. It took me a couple of weeks to get it right and I am a bladesmith. I love his knives. Quote George Tactically Sharp, Inc. Hialeah, Florida tacticallysharp.com "time only is forever"
Members Sylvia Posted March 5, 2012 Author Members Report Posted March 5, 2012 Silvia, I have 4 BK knives. I use his blades and Tandy type (standard) blades in them also. Just ask Barry to send you some adaptor sleeves. He sent me 3 of them so I could use my 2 ceramic blades and a ruby blade I like. After seeing the adaptors I made 4 more for some of my other blades. I only strop the BK blades by eye/hand, no jig. It took me a couple of weeks to get it right and I am a bladesmith. I love his knives. Hello "sharp" Thankfully Barry took care of me and sent me a straight blade AND a sleeve. Thank goodness I'm not the only one who had troubles. I was pulling my hair out. lol Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
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