Sharpening.

[nathan310]

I have had a pretty hard time trying to sharpen and strop my d4.

I used a guided ceramic, a strop with diamond compound and it still wont shave hair.

Can anyone give me some advice?

[bh49]

Use magic marker trick to check if sharpening at correct angle, if you are reprofiling probably you will need something coarser than ceramic. BTW, how coarse is your ceramic?

[MANIXWORLD]

Try getting serrations sharpened properly,its tough but after good practice it gets better.
i still dont seem to get it back to out the box sharpness,but 'thats SCARY SHARP!
I have also tryed the magic marker trick and it works well.

[nathan310]

I used some dmt stones and aligner on a wharcom changed the angle to razor blade/ exacto knife setting and got it scary sharp today, but that's AUS8.

It took a very long time (a few hours) but I would say this is the sharpest knife I have ever owned.

I think I'm ready to try the delica next.

But with the time it took I may be better off just sending it in to be sharpened.

I think the grits are 900 and 1200 not including the coarse.

They're dmt red, blue and green stones.

[Billy]

Wow, a few hours for a Wharcom seems like a really long time. I can get mine beyond shaving sharp in a matter of minutes, but I'm using a Sharpmaker, which is my suggestion for sharpening proficiency. :D It really is a phenomenal tool and with just a little bit of practice, you will be getting all your knives (serrated too) hair-splitting sharp in no time. If you do decide to get the Sharpmaker, I would strongly suggest getting the UF rods to go with it. They are what make the difference between really, really sharp and superscarybeyondfactory sharp. :cool: Oh yeah, I finish off with a charged (Flitz polish) leather strop too.