Alex thx for all your tips for making my sharpening better

Thank you, you addressed the issue I was having with keeping in contact with the angle guide, but sometimes I have an issue with keeping the correct angle on the small curve of the Tip.

Thanks pal. Very helpful. Very informative. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.

@ALXSHARPEN

3 ай бұрын

no problem

I tried but edge leading and edge trailing…and my technique still needs a lot of work. I think the problem with belt grabbing knife is compounded when using a stock motor speed. I liked edge trailing more because I had some better success but I always felt I was pushing the knife up too far and if I wasn’t careful it would grab it and make a mess. I created a 3d print to go with the edge guide (as opposed to cutting up the one I bought just yet)…which I think has potential (on Thingiverse) for those interested. Your videos always give inspiration…just not sure if I should spend the additional money and get a dc motor.

@ALXSHARPEN

2 ай бұрын

the speed control makes a huge difference in control and helps prevent overheating

Thank you for your video Paul

@ALXSHARPEN

8 ай бұрын

Very welcome

Great video, excellent lighting and camera work...love the split screen! I hate small knives and skinny filet knives on an angle guide/1x30 (edge leading)...small room for error when you are on the corner of that angle guide. I usually go to a different sharpening method for those, but that's just me. Excellent work, Paul.

@ALXSHARPEN

9 ай бұрын

I agree I prefer my Tormek for small stuff but like to show all methods since we have lots of sharpeners who use nothing but 1x30s

Great video, excellent job making sure the camera is in a good position to show exactly what your trying to explain. I was sharpening a really dull steak knife on my 1x30 with the angle guide, blade width near the handle was only a little wider than 1/2", much thinner near the tip of course. The knife slipped past the top of the angle guide, cubitron belt dragged it down to the lower pulley and chewed it up in a second. Have to buy the customer a new knife now. Wish I had seen this video before.

@ALXSHARPEN

9 ай бұрын

Have you made the mods to the angle guild I have shown? Getting the guild super close to the belt also stops that from happening. Try and get it practically touching without actually touching the belt. Doing that along with the one finger hold and angle turn I show in this video and you can do crazy thin knives without slipping in. Also we can kind of get in a zone sharpening when we have a lot to do but when doing those thin small knives is the time to really pay attention to technique and what we are doing.

I love all your content sir . Do you have a link to your magnetic lights on your 1x30 sharpeners ? Thanks

@ALXSHARPEN

6 ай бұрын

amzn.to/3GPMDNK. These are good

I really enjoy your videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Could you clarify what you were saying about honing compounds on the leather wheel? Are you saying that you usually don’t use any? Also, what speed is okay for the leather wheel? I have an 8in grinder, but it is fixed speed. Don’t know if that would be too fast. Thanks

@ALXSHARPEN

5 ай бұрын

so what I don't like on leather is you will see some people use polishing compounds usually the green aluminum oxide bars or white bars. I do not like them. The get dirty and leave black marks that can be difficult to get off the knife especially the green bars the white is usually more dry but makes a mess. I would rather use a bare stropp than one with those products on them. For belts or wheels I like Tormek paste ,or making my own diamond spray by mixing 4-5 oz of alcohol and lapestry diamonds works great I like 3 micron diamonds the best.. my grinder is variable speed and I do use it at the low end the majority of the time. A regular grinder at 3500 rpm is to fast in my opinion the faster you go the harder the leather wheel gets so can be helpful to speed it up on difficult burrs.

@robertburkey5789

5 ай бұрын

@@ALXSHARPEN Very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to respond.

I like how you’ve attached your light on the 1 x 30. Tried with my harbor freight but the magnets I use don’t hold the light. which light do you use? Thanks.

@ALXSHARPEN

Ай бұрын

nothing special sewing machine led lights from amazon

Where did you get your light? Thanks

@ALXSHARPEN

3 ай бұрын

Which one light

Question - What variable speed motor are you using for honing?

@ALXSHARPEN

2 ай бұрын

Shop fox its in my list of products I use www.alexandriaknifesharpening.com/sharpening

Hi Paul have been watching you for awhile now. Would you be interested in demoing how to sharpen knives with alot of flex? For example; a fish fillet knife is hard to do properly on the ken onion or precision adjust due to the flex on the tip. And sometimes I find I'm messing up that nice looking factory edge/tip. Thanks in advance if you do

@ALXSHARPEN

9 ай бұрын

So for me I would probably do it on my Tormek T8 with the long knife jig to stop the flex that's not a great solution if you don't own a T8 . If I was doing it on a 1x30 I would use similar hand placement as the small knife I show at the end of this video to make sure the part hitting the belt stayed even against the belt. On a K/O that would be difficult to do.

@ALXSHARPEN

9 ай бұрын

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@midlakegoat3684

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your response I look forward to your follow-up. Thanks again and keep on what your doing!

What's the belt grit?

@ALXSHARPEN

Ай бұрын

I use a 3 belt process most of the time 120 Cubitron , A30 Trizact, A15 Trizact the strop and done

@Filipp81

Ай бұрын

@@ALXSHARPEN Thank you!!!

How long are you typically working on a customer knife for sharpening? Cause in one of your other videos I heard you charge 10 dollar for one knife and that sound very reasonable.

@ALXSHARPEN

9 ай бұрын

You can see my pricing at alxsharpen.come yes I charge $10 for Western blades $12 for Japanese work time varies on the knife’s condition and what it needs in general 7-15 min I would say is probably the average

@floraly88

9 ай бұрын

@@ALXSHARPEN 7 to 15 minutes is great. Now the 10 dollar price tag makes more sense. Take 50 min or more to do one knife on my Tormek, but it's still fun and just a hobby for me.

@ALXSHARPEN

9 ай бұрын

@@floraly88 are you using the regular wet stone ? that’s probably why it’s taking you so long

@floraly88

9 ай бұрын

@@ALXSHARPEN I got myself a set of CBN wheels. Didn't really enjoy working with the original stone.

Why dont we just watch a Cliff Curry video?

@ALXSHARPEN

9 ай бұрын

Your welcome to I don't know that I have seen Cliff do one to this level of camera detail but I recommend you watch all of his videos. I have! I always learn new stuff from Cliff from his new and old videos and we have different kinds of services most of his stuff is geared towards mobil and market sharpening even though he now has a new store front, but if you have not watched all of his videos anyone who sharpens should and you should also get your belts from Cliff he has the best belts. Do we hit on some of the same subjects from time to time- Yes, it's sharpening Clif did a video on 2x42s after I did one we both do some things similar and different. I also do laser engraving which he does not do, to my knowledge. I also use a Tormek T-8. If he started doing some of the same things and making videos about it. I wouldn't care. We are actually both members of the Guild of Professional Sharpeners and Cliff has called me from Hawaii before as well as comment on videos I have made and we have even talked about collaborating but we are both crazy busy sharpeners. The one thing I like about most of the sharpening community is we all help one another and root for each other's success. What we don't do is attack one another. A sharpener not that far from me copied almost everything I did when he started his business,my website pricing and more. Did I get mad ,not at all I offered to help him. He is also a Guild Member. So KZread is full of similar info and subjects and I like to get other opinions even on the same subject all the time. So sorry that you may feel Cliff covered this before if that bothers you you're welcome to not watch and only look at his videos. You will also find that I have always given credit to Cliff as I respect his mind and solutions to problems. I will be sure to check out your videos to see what you're sharing with the world for free ...oh I see it's zero you have never made a video, well please let me know when you do.

@prepperboss

3 ай бұрын

There's always a troll in every crowd.