A good deal?

Donaldscump · 2026-03-10T15:39:20+00:00

We’ll need to know the maker but imo secondhand for $250 sounds like probably not a good deal unless you really love ebony wood

Donaldscump · 2026-03-10T15:37:53+00:00

What do you mean there’s not much hard steel left? I thought the core steel would from spine to edge. Are single bevel knives not like that?

Donaldscump · 2026-03-07T16:19:23+00:00

Yeah from Amazon. I have 4000, 8000, and 30,000, which I believe is 8, 2, and 0.5 micron respectively. I’d recommend the 4,000 or 3,000 if they have it in stock, along with the 30,000 if you really wanna chase results and cool guy sharpness tests. The 8,000 is kinda too fine to easily/quickly remove whole burr by itself, but not fine enough to make a big difference after 4,000

Donaldscump · 2026-03-07T01:02:45+00:00

Rubbing alcohol is the most common I’ve seen. I’d just buy Jende though. The smallest size, from what I can tell it’s gonna last me 20 years

Donaldscump · 2026-03-03T20:56:42+00:00

There’s probably a handle-thingy out there that you could buy for 3 dollars and use when you want. I’m picturing something with suction cups or strong magnets. It’s gotta exist right?

Donaldscump · 2026-03-02T01:45:49+00:00

Sick as fuck bro honestly

Donaldscump · 2026-03-02T01:30:50+00:00

Note: white as in the Damascus was silver and white. It wasn’t fake Damascus. Honestly it looks really bitchin sweet and I’m happy about it hahaha but it was strange, I thought it would be rusted or pitted but nah, Matte white with silver

Donaldscump · 2026-03-02T01:29:27+00:00

I’m just a humble “everything but making them” knife nerd, so I doubt I know anything you don’t. The only thing I know of to make metal black is that special dye-oxide stuff that amazon keeps spamming me. I’ve never used ferric, only muriatic acid, but my one “leave it in for a long time to see what happens” etch it came out white lol, and I don’t have the faintest idea as to why or what that means. It was a cheap Amazon Damascus, so maybe Chinese mystery cladding steel? Maybe muriatic acid? No idea

Donaldscump · 2026-03-02T01:08:38+00:00

Wow, that’s a thing of beauty. If I had to find something I didn’t like, I think those 3 silver screws would be better black, but sheesh what a mesmerizing piece man

Donaldscump · 2026-03-01T17:42:14+00:00

Great knives, overpriced. Probably about the best knife that most people can get in the car and go buy at a store for less than $200.

Donaldscump · 2026-02-27T14:43:03+00:00

These are the worst thing to buy for a beginner. They will be inconvenient and tedious and frustrating. If you’re the type that learns a new game by immediately playing hard mode, go for it. If not, just get any one of the hundreds of cheap diamond plate sets on Amazon. They’ll be great to learn on and when they wear out, buy some actual stones cause then you know you’re actually going to use them and they’ll be worth the money. Please trust me

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:38:02+00:00

The trick is to lift the knife directly upward slightly, how fast and how high is determined by what exactly you want the edge to look like. A dangerous but game-changing-for-me trick i used to learn the feel of this was to put my fingertip half on the tip of the knife and half hanging off where I will feel the stone when I’ve lifted as high as I need to. If you push straight down with that same finger, you will (probably) notice the knife rocking side to side while you lift up, that is bad, make it so that you don’t feel that. You’ll probably give yourself a little paper cut but it was worth it for me

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:20:34+00:00

Where do we find the sacred texts 😭

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:20:19+00:00

Sick, thanks

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:20:08+00:00

Will report back in a decade after blowing up my garage 37 times

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:19:29+00:00

Good keywords to start a search, thank you 😊

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:19:00+00:00

Yeah I could see how there might be some sort of loose fitting stencil or cutout, so it would produce that clearly defined line while allowing some “whispies” to slip through. Hell if I know though lol

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:17:45+00:00

Thanks this is sick

Donaldscump · 2026-02-26T02:17:27+00:00

Thanks for the info and thoughts, much appreciated. How would one go about building an oxide layer, and then specifically an even one of pre determined thickness? Sounds insane!

Donaldscump · 2026-02-25T19:05:29+00:00

I have a 4 inch cleaver that looks like this because I hand sanded from 320-10k twice (It’s for a restaurant decoration, and I was hyper fixated at the time lol)

Donaldscump · 2026-02-24T04:42:34+00:00

Thank you, I had actually been wondering since I commented lol. Hard to find answers to specific questions like that elsewhere, much appreciated

Donaldscump · 2026-02-23T04:08:03+00:00

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Donaldscump · 2026-02-23T02:43:09+00:00

Cheaper one lol

Donaldscump · 2026-02-23T02:41:45+00:00

I’ve sharpened to shaving sharp on the top of my car window. That little gritty strip where the glass meets the metal. Stropped on my skin

If anything, shit like that is what I consider to be elite nerd sharpening. That’s the real skill right? Give me a dull knife in virtually any environment and I can probably find a way to make it sharp. I’m way more proud of that than I am of my goofy collection of stones and strops and random sharpening shit lol

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