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Post by Black Douglas on Mar 23, 2013 20:15:44 GMT
Sorry if this question was already answered in here somewhere just can't find it. But I just bought my first sword (hanwei Ablrecht II) I want to sharpen for cutting. Is more then one whetstone needed, or is a natural(soft) Arkansas whetstone enough? Or will that change the geometry of the blade? Also how big do I need the whetstone to be?
Thanks
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Mar 24, 2013 15:27:16 GMT
Sharpening is a huge subject...let me give you my .02 Any stone large enough for a knife, in thoery will work for swords. Then it gets tricky, you have small stones, long wide edges, and in my case lots of blood. I'm a bit clumsy with small stones. If you go on youtube, you can find lots of sharpening tutorials using stones only. Most stones seem to be about 2"x6".
Here is where you can spend lots of money, and get crap that will ruin your sword... Carefully look at grits. Unless you are going to remove lots of metal anything under 200 grit is a waste. Natural stones have variances which can lead to hard spots and softer spots, again, possibly causing problems.
So good natural stones will cost you quite a bit. I have found the synthetic stones tend to have good consistency, and are cheaper. However, if you have a large junk Arkansas stone like I do (was 10.00) I use it as a sanding plane, and tape sand paper to it in various grits.
Now if you dont want to spend (possibly) weeks sharpening, go get a 35.00 belt sander. There is a great tutorial for how to sharpen with it in the repairs section.
Really, at this point, its about your budget. My whetstones have no use but to sharpen. My belt sander I use for many many other projects, even sharpening my neighbors lawn mower blades.....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2013 4:48:22 GMT
If it's a new factory blade, just touch up the edge with a very fine grit diamond sharpener and then finish off with a ceramic stick, no need to polish the whole blade to sharpen it up.
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