Knife and Edged Tools Acquisions

[Westbrook]

Fantastic things, belt grinders. I was just replying to another person--my old man had a workshop that grew over years. It started with one grinder (some old motor he'd acquired in the 70s at a fleamarket)--he'd rig that with belts do run other things on pulleys. I think I'm going to have to start small---kind of tool that will do a few things and get me by for a while. I'll probably have to get a grinder and buff (carefully) with that. Though I used to grind routinely--old Mold A carbs, parts and generally nothing ever flew away. A few months ago I cleaned up rusty railroad spikes, hand held with a dremel. but a SE razor , my age, I will practice on a few other things as I'm rusty--been 30 years since I ground , wheel buffed.
Reading on here and other websites about making scales---that , for my mind, I would buy a scroll saw--nothing fancy but I can see how that would make fast work of the wood, ease to get the shape cut and of course it could do acrylic. I just acquired a bunch of old razors off the usual spots on the web--all great razors --will need edges built but no chips for about $30 to $40 each---Tiers Issard, Boker , Bismark, bunch of Wostenholm. Busy on the stones while the grandkids sleep.

A 2 wheel arbor powered by a separate motor via belt is really more versatile than a bench grinder

 

[Hair Scraper]

I found another Buck 110 folding Hunter. The date code on it is from 1997 and it appears it’s been carried much more than it‘s been used.

 

[brucered]

My first "real" stones and a Flattening stone, mainly for my Scandi Edge knives which I am comfortable freehand sharpening.

Apex Edge Pro, 5 stones (120, 220, 400, 600, 1000), a couple accessories. One more stone (Shapton 3000) and 3 Diamond plates coming from ChefKnivesToGo, arriving when inlaws get back from a road trip.

 

[Darth Scandalous]

My first "real" stones and a Flattening stone, mainly for my Scandi Edge knives which I am comfortable freehand sharpening.

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Apex Edge Pro, 5 stones (120, 220, 400, 600, 1000), a couple accessories. One more stone (Shapton 3000) and 3 Diamond plates coming from ChefKnivesToGo, arriving when inlaws get back from a road trip.

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Isn't that Shapton the 1500? I have that and the 5k in that series and I really like them.

 

[jj_sharp]

What stones did you use prior?

 

[brucered]

Isn't that Shapton the 1500? I have that and the 5k in that series and I really like them.

The one I have in the photo is 1500. That will be used for my Scandi grinds, after the 400.

The 3000 I have coming, will be a smaller one, on the adapter for the Edge Pro guided system, used for finishing my other knives.

@jj_sharp I'm embarrassed to say, I used a powered machine one of those Chefs Choice. Luckily, I didn't use them on any high end kitchen knives or expensive pocket knives. I've started to reprofile some of them back to mitigate the damage caused by that machine.

For my Scandi grinds, I was using a cheap double sided stone from Amazon or Lee Valley (which isn't a bad one).