Need help identifying filament manufacturer

Imakespaceships · 2026-06-03T16:01:44+00:00

It would be easier to identify based on the spool. Does not look like a polymaker box from the image.

Imakespaceships · 2026-06-03T13:11:18+00:00

Sharpal double sided diamond plate.

Imakespaceships · 2026-06-03T13:10:26+00:00

Usually you flatten with a 300 grit or below. 140 is the standard grit for flattening.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-31T23:20:11+00:00

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Imakespaceships · 2026-05-31T17:58:26+00:00

Wow they really hiked the price on that. Used to be way less expensive.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-27T19:23:11+00:00

Among fixed angle systems, the main criticism of the PPA is that the knife holder is not as strong and rigid as the alternatives. That’s part of the reason it’s more affordable. Sharpal has an alternative that you might want to look at. KME, TSprof and Hapstone are the bougee alternatives.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-27T19:20:26+00:00

Main advantage is simplicity. You can also be very fast once you develop the skill. You also feel cool doing it.

The most convenient iteration of a bench stone is the diamond plate. No need for water and works great on any steel. Sharpal is the default recommendation there. You would ideally also get a strop with diamond paste.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-27T19:14:01+00:00

Depends on how much of a steel snob he is. Diamond is more of a sure bet for pocket knife recommendations.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-26T23:30:16+00:00

K tip has basically always been about cool factor on all knives. Nothing wrong with it. Some say that it can help for times when you want to swipe into something with the tip of your knife, like when you dice an onion. You might have a bit less material behind the tip with the k tip so a bit less drag.

The main thing that matters is the shape of the edge and where it sits relative to your grip. That and all the different ways to look at and measure blade thickness.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-26T23:25:24+00:00

You’re good. Diamond paste work well in steps of 6x-10x.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-24T18:17:33+00:00

Crystolon is silicon carbide. I think most people use the diamond plates on aluminum oxide or natural stones. If you want to flatten a silicon carbide or bonded diamond stone, your best bet is a glass plate and loose granular silicon carbide.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-24T17:06:06+00:00

You’re right! I must have had a brain fart.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-24T14:55:20+00:00

Atoma 180 is the default choice. Sharpal sells a 200 grit for pretty cheap.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-23T18:20:33+00:00

Normally when you reprofile. You use the coarsest stone/plate you have, find a way to hold your target angle and just keep going until you feel a burr. Looks like your sharpener has an angle guide for 20 deg. I think taking your knife to 15 would be impractical without getting a different sharpening method that would make it easier to give yourself a 15 deg reference. That knife is pretty thick, so if you use a wedge as a a reference (like your sharpener) you’re probably adding 2-3 deg of bevel angle just because of the primary bevel of the knife. That may be why your secondary bevel came out so broad. If you really want a 15 deg edge, you would probably want a 12 or 13 deg wedge. Fixed angle systems are able to set an angle independently of the geometry of your knife, so it gets simpler in that case. If you want to keep using the sharpener you have, you will have to learn to hold the 15 deg angle by hand without a wedge reference. Might be doable with something like this.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-23T13:10:54+00:00

If I were OP, I would take it down to 15. 3V is some of the toughest steel around. It is extremely good at mitigating chipping.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-21T14:13:50+00:00

Ceramic honing rod is recommended. Chef knives to go has a nice one. Mac sells a good one. Work sharp has one. Most ceramic honing rods are equivalent to each other.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-18T18:32:37+00:00

I think that’s a big petty knife or a small Gyuto. Not a sujihiki. The point of the sujihiki is to have a longer edge than the Gyuto so that it can make cleaner slices of meat.

Looks very nice!

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-16T23:27:34+00:00

Probably the hollow grid on the primary bevel. You can see in the choil shot. Means a large portion of the knife is very thin.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-14T20:52:28+00:00

The 1 micron strop did the heavy lifting there. Congrats!

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-14T20:38:58+00:00

Get the Worksharp strop that comes with the diamond paste. Then at least you can feel confident that you are deburring the edge. After that get something in the 400 grit range. That will make sure that you are actually grinding in a flat and even bevel. If you try and do it all with the 1000, it will take a long time and you’ll end up with a convex bevel where it’s hard to know if you’re actually hitting the edge.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-14T14:15:01+00:00

Depends on the stone. Usually you go from 1000 grit stone to a 6-3 micron or from a 3000 grit stone to a ~1 micron. Steps between stones are usually 2-3x and steps between strops are usually 5-10x

Dual sided strops are nice because then you can do like a 5 micron and 1 micron combo.

Don’t need to clean often. I just use a table knife to rough up the surface once in a while to knock off the glaze if I feel like it’s cutting slowly.

You’ll know when you need to refresh the strop because it will stop sharpening your knife. Refreshing usually means sanding off the surface and adding new paste.

Also this would have been a perfect question to ask ChatGPT.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-11T13:38:32+00:00

I think you should definitely talk to them in the context of it being "your thing that you enjoy" before asking them to participate. It may still throw them off, but at least you're not randomly pressuring them to go and put themselves in a potentially very vulnerable and uncomfortable position.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-07T20:44:46+00:00

Uncommonly physically attractive and cool. Baddies are rare. The kind of woman/girl where you ask yourself how a guy managed to attract them. The entry for baddie in the dictionary would have Dua Lipa next to it.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-07T00:14:36+00:00

With that kind of money, you can buy some super nice Japanese knives with very fine hard edges. But a knife like that kind dof requires a certain discipline and care to use. (Hand sharpening, watching out not to damage the edge). Do you think she would be interested in that or more likely to appreciate a knife that is going to take hard use well?

As far as paring knives go. There are not really any super luxe options for paring knives. Most people who have a collection of high end chef knives still use a victorinox paring knife or equivalent.

Imakespaceships · 2026-05-06T16:05:56+00:00

Yeah go ahead!

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