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Post by DavidW on Apr 4, 2012 11:30:33 GMT
Well I purchased the DSA Flame of the Angels sword from Dr. Whom recently, and I knew it was going to have a rough edge because the 1st owner (I am now the 4th I believe) used an accusharp on it. The edge is seriously rough and running my finger down the blade (yeah I know, stupid) I can feel it is very jagged. It kinda passes the paper cutting test, but it cut through the paper roughly and inconsistently. How could I fix this edge to a proper secondary bevel? I have the Smith Tri-Hone sharpening stone system, but that's about it. I have no sharpening skills whatsoever. I tried using the stones for my Kukri's karda, but I don't think I gave it an even edge on both sides. I think the problem is that I can't keep a consistent angle. I've tried, but I keep ending up with a crappy edge when practicing sharpening with my cheaper pocket knives, so I'm pretty sure I'd seriously screw up a sword's edge. Any advice or help? Here's some pics of the edge viewtopic.php?f=36&t=9988Thanks in advance, David
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Post by William Swiger on Apr 4, 2012 12:37:30 GMT
For the DSA swords I used to have, I just used smooth files and sandpaper. I do not have a belt sander. This was just to smooth out the sharpening done by the vendor.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2012 12:51:37 GMT
You can level the edge and smooth out the irregularities by draw filing the edge along the length of the blade, then using the same motion with sandpaper wrapped around a cork block, as William has suggested, file first, then coarse to fine grit sandpaper, say start at 80 grit, and work through to 120, 240, 320, 400, and you'll get it nice and even.
If you're not familiar with 'draw filing', just look it up, its a basic filing technique, and there's lots of instruction all over the web. You can also use diamond sharpeners, from coarse to fine, if it doesn't need too much steel removed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2012 14:35:37 GMT
If it's a fantasy sword can't you just pretend the edge is sharp ? :lol:
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Post by chuckinohio on Apr 5, 2012 13:48:11 GMT
It went a whole day and nobody commented...........................
I thought it was funny, +1 to you sir.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2012 14:11:24 GMT
My fantasy swords are my "air swords", the ones I pretend to own and wave about in the air, they sit in the rack next to the air guitars! :lol:
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Post by lamebmx on Apr 5, 2012 14:52:32 GMT
You should see how big my fantasy collection is. Just check out the following pics:
lol
secondary bevel consistency. oh fun! but pretty easy if it isnt too curvy. place the edge on the stone, and slowly lower the opposite side until you see the edge lift off a hair. make sure you got a good viewing angle. now tilt the sword so the edge just touches the stone again. position finger under the side of the sword where it touches both blade and stone. Keep finger same distance from edge as you move along. since the bevel is already uneven, you might want to keep the finger in position on the side of the blade, and run a strip of electrical tape this same distance from the edge along the whole side. then while sharpening just keep the finger on the tape and it will even things back out. a quick note to keep you from wasting a lot of time checking the bevel where it is different from your reference point. If you watch the slurry it will go under the blade until you are actually at the edge itself, then it will have a point where the slurry gets pushed finally when the edge is actually being worked, the slurry will run right up the edge. make sure to measure mark and work both sides evenly to really smooth things out, dont make bunch of stone width areas the water runs up the blade and ecpect them to magically align themselves. Its more of work it all slowly and evenly and as it all gets evened out the water will start running up, and spread out to the whole blade pretty quickly (unless there were some serious gouges or other weird stuff where you need to wear the whole blade down to make that area even)
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Post by DavidW on Apr 5, 2012 21:27:00 GMT
Wow, thanks for all the responses guys. I think I'll try lamebmx's method. Would it be easier to sharpen with a stone or sandpaper?
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Post by lamebmx on Apr 5, 2012 23:27:40 GMT
really dont matter, you mentioned you had the tri-sharpener just start on the coarsest stone. Take your time and set the bevel right, and the rest will be much easier.
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Post by DavidW on Apr 7, 2012 9:59:33 GMT
cool, thanks.
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