Archive for June 17th, 2008

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Jun

CUTTING EDGE SHARP

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in Knives

“Cutting Edge Sharp” refers to the end result of sharpening a knife blade by hand using various abrasive degrees of fineness and stropping on a leather strop to create the “true cutting edge.”  The drawing diagram  at the left (click to enlarge) of the “cross section of a blade being sharpened” describes what happens in the sharpening process.  Read the rest of this entry »