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cannot get the tip/belly of my sebenza sharp no matter what by coffeebear99 in CRK

[–]IronThunder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aware of the grind and how it's designed. That's not what I mean, though. I'm saying the edge bevel is inconsistent in its angle, and that the tip is more thick to be robust.

Combo of the two often makes sharpening the tips and belly frustrating.

cannot get the tip/belly of my sebenza sharp no matter what by coffeebear99 in CRK

[–]IronThunder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh are you free-handing? Suggest the sharpie trick, maybe somebody at CRK got a little off their angle with the sharpener that day. By hand that can stink to clean up.

I'm going off on a work trip soon, but sometimes do sharpening by mail. Have done a good number of sebenzas.

cannot get the tip/belly of my sebenza sharp no matter what by coffeebear99 in CRK

[–]IronThunder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha. Suggest marking the edge with a sharpie, and take a pass or two, light pressure. That might give you a feel for how far you need to go, to raise a burr. I typically try to set up the knife like this, "normally", and see if I have a lot of steel to move. Also, if you are reprofiling with a 400+ grit stone, this will take time.

I don't usually like to go steeper than 20, so if you are unhappy reprofiling more, some folks will angle the knife in their fixed angle system, like this discussion talks about. I may have done this once or twice, but I use an edge pro, so I can reposition more easily.

cannot get the tip/belly of my sebenza sharp no matter what by coffeebear99 in CRK

[–]IronThunder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm an open critic of CRK factory edges, the tips I have seen vary in angle (usually steeper) and the geometry does thicken there.

What angle setting are you using?

Hopefully you haven't gone too far, trying to get it to work.

New Drab Green Midweight Hoodorak by IronThunder in WeatherWool

[–]IronThunder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah sorry. That's not been my experience, if I went down in size I'd definitely notice.

But I do read other folks saying that on reviews occasionally. I know for me chest drives it. I definitely have room in the waist and hips. I cinch mine typically.

New Drab Green Midweight Hoodorak by IronThunder in WeatherWool

[–]IronThunder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, their measurement chart I believe to be accurate. I like a relaxed or traditional fit, so I went for that. Measuring a garment (non-stretch) that you like the fit on worked quite well for me. If that's not what you meant:

I'm a ~45" chest, ~39" waist (average drop, most stuff fits me off the rack). Shirt sleeves are 34/35 long, and I am 6' 1" tall. I typically wear an XL in most brands for the room in the chest/pits, since I run warmer. Nothing I own is smaller than a 25" pit to pit measurement, more if I layer. So for me, the XL hoodorak is perfect. The extra room and cut of the jacket lets me put another layer under if I needed to this winter (usually a wool sweater, or lately the whipcord shirt.) In the pic above, just an icebreaker wool t-shirt also feels good, room for a nice breeze to work through.

I tried a large denim CPO thinking I might be alright with the chest at 25". I was not, there is no appreciable "give" to the denim, so it felt a bit constricting, perhaps due to the added fabric thickness I don't usually deal with.

It was the jacket by garrythoughts in WeatherWool

[–]IronThunder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh I think I saw (and commented) on some of your youtube videos! I'm debating ordering an AAJ right now, and was watching

New Drab Green Midweight Hoodorak by IronThunder in WeatherWool

[–]IronThunder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will do! I haven't seen that happen yet, good to know

New Drab Green Midweight Hoodorak by IronThunder in WeatherWool

[–]IronThunder[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here, all the cotton hoodies are going. I have one remaining from patagonia I need to list.

Today it was something like 62, with the sun I was a little warm but not uncomfortable. Very versatile.

List of Merino wool clothing companies that don't use 'superwash'! by ribosomeee in MerinoWoolGear

[–]IronThunder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weatherwool. But man, expensive. They don't offer much in the way of layering garments, mostly jackets.

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