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Joe Calton
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regrind or thin out a knife with simple sharpening stones 1 of 2
someone asked me if I would do a video on how to regrind or thin out a benchmade 940 if I remember right. I didnt have one of those that needed thinning out, but found a paring knife on the bench that could use it, so here is how to thin out a paring knife on a simple bench stone, in this case a pretty recently made norton crystolon coarse fine stone. caltoncutlery.com
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get rid of chicken mites with simple green and wood ash
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so we got mites in our chicken coops again, and since its been a busy summer i didnt catch them very quick and there were alot of them. in the past we have used a commercial "poultry protector" spray, diatemacious earth, dawn and water, and bathed the chickens in dawn and water. none of that seemed to work all that well. this time I used simple green concentrate spray on the roosting bars, and ...
Chicken coop mouse traps
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a way to use regular mouse traps in and around chicken coops that keeps the chickens out of the traps and is still very effective in catching mice. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 16 an everyday example of use
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one of the last videos in this series I think. in this one I tell of a somewhat normal daily task of an edc resulting in a very dull knife, and bringing it back to sharp in about 2 minutes or less. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 15 burnt edges
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burnt edges usually happen due to power sharpening, or in rare cases when a maker or the factory doesnt take off enough steel from the edge after heat treat to get rid of decarburized steel. either way, the cure is to sharpen your knife a couple of times to get back to good steel. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 14 steel hardness
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continuing the series, this is a big one, and its some general thoughts about steel hardness as it relates to knife edges and blades. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 13 too much edge retention?
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some comparisons between carbide and high speed tool steel metal lathe bits and how they might compare to knife edges. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 12 steel types... do they matter?
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the big elephant in the room.... steel types. is 7456bla bla bla, better than stainless 5947 wowza? is chasing the latest and greatest steel the way? or are the old reliable steels where its at? caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 11 knife skills
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the more experience that you have with whatever work you may be doing will affect how long your edge will last and some examples of knife skills. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 10 sharpening practice
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this is a big one, and that is sharpening practice. it sure seems like the more I practice sharpening, the better edge retention that I enjoy, and here are some possible reasons for that. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 9 sharpening angles
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going over how angles can greatly affect the edge retention of your knife and how to find the right angle for each knife and class of work for that knife and user. caltoncutlery.com
Sharpening "in the field" is sometimes alot closer than what you think it is
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so a couple weeks back I wrecked an edge and brought it back on a handy rock. a couple days later I watched a youtuber dismiss the whole idea of sharpening in the field and I thought id give a couple of thoughts on the idea that sharpening in the field is not always what you might think it is. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 8 plugged edges
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ever start work with a sharp knife working on something fatty or sticky, and suddenly lose your edge? it could be that your edge is just plugged up and the edge just needs a quick cleaning to get back to work. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 7 pick the right grit stone for the work
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a couple thoughts on choosing a grit of finish stone that will suit the work that you want to do, and how finer grits are not always better. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge retention tips 6 glazed or dirty stones
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is your favorite edge not getting as sharp as it used to, or the edge not staying as sharp for as long as it used to? its a good bet that your stone may be dirty or glazed over with steel and loose abrasive paticles and wont cut as clean of an edge as it could be. caltoncutlery.com
knife edge rentention tips 5 destressing the old edge
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knife edge rentention tips 5 destressing the old edge
knife edge retention tips 4 the burr
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knife edge retention tips 4 the burr
knife edge retention tips 3 sharpening isnt a bad thing
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knife edge retention tips 3 sharpening isnt a bad thing
knife edge retention tips 2 corrosion
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knife edge retention tips 2 corrosion
knife edge retention tips #1 expectations
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knife edge retention tips #1 expectations
upgrades to cutting nail nicks with cuttoff wheels in a drill press
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upgrades to cutting nail nicks with cuttoff wheels in a drill press
simpleshot unboxing and thier new and way improved included bands!
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simpleshot unboxing and thier new and way improved included bands!
1095 high carbon steel pocketknife daily maintenance
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1095 high carbon steel pocketknife daily maintenance
raising rabbits in chicken style coops and runs
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raising rabbits in chicken style coops and runs
cabelas carnivore 1 horsepower meat grinder 6 year review
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cabelas carnivore 1 horsepower meat grinder 6 year review
round stock mycarta finished on the wedding dress knife
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round stock mycarta finished on the wedding dress knife
Whenever I’m in an antique shop I’m looking for cast iron pans, old measuring tools and sharpening stones.
i try to stay out of antique stores, as I can get lost in them really easy! same stuff as you listed plus old pocket knives, tongs, hammers, pellet and bb guns, there is just so much to look for :}
Great stuff, my dad would thin out every knife he carried with the cheapest flea market pocket stone he could get and then straight to a translucent ark, it would cut but it looked like a trainwreck and took days for him to do, but that was his way. I only do this sort of thing on mora scandis when they go south, or i will try a little "scandivex" on the edge itself. I am a worksharp guided field sharpener kind of guy now, its just too easy and fast and their new folding pocket model is my latest friend, but sometimes i love my norton silicone carbide and finishing on an ark or two. I rarely go past the soft arkansas anymore, but when i need therapy a good cup of coffee and bench stones will do the trick. Keep up the great content
that is a heck of a jump from a flea market stone to a trans ark. but if it worked for him and he liked it, then that is what he should have done and carried. i typically use one of my belt grinders for regrinds, but not everyone has a couple of those hanging around, and its the same process as with a stone so that is what I showed :}
@@joecalton1449yes he had arkansas stones to do the full progression but did not use them, edge had tooth to say the least but blades were thinned and didn't have the full integrity of a new blade, and thats what took forever he didn't use all the tools he had in the toolbox, the transclucent just was a polisher on a crosscut saw edge, not the best in my opinion but it was what he knew and liked
Excellent video 👍
Thank you very much!
Thanks for making this Joe! I will be able to do this to my 940 now and make it cut a little bit better
you might wait till next weeks video, it goes over "laying the edge back" which is like halfway between just sharpening and doing a total regrind. then you can decide which way to go.
Such a relief to be off chickens and back on knives again. 🙂
chickens are not near as fun as knives, but i was so impressed by the simple green and wood ash treatment on mites that i had to share it in the hopes of helping someone elses chicken and their tender out.
Good video, one of the best I like 👍. That's Joe.
thank you for the kind words!
Excited for this J!
aw shucks, this should be old news for you as much time as you spend sharpening :}
Joe i gotta tell you. I've got a primitive cut black Arkansas coming from Dan's whetstones. I'm pumped
i would be pumped also. i hear those are cool stones!
To much friablity of a stone will work against you and plow the apex. The late Cliff Stamp addresses this in one of his timeless videos about 3 body abrasion and when it's useful and when it's counter productive. So true when you stated every stone and steel reacts differently. Your videos are and will be timeless as well Joe. Thank you for you contributions to the community!
thank you for the kind words! yes the softer stones can plow the apex, but nothing cuts as agressively as a softer coarse stone besides power equipment. and a soft stone is usually way cheaper and easier to get into and use for most folks.
Very good description of the silicon carbide stones, and thank you for the comparison to the king 220/1000. My favorite rough stone at the moment is naniwa pink 220 Thanks for the content!
i dont think I have one of those. i do have the naniwas in i want to say 12k, 8k, and 6 or 5, and they are great stones, but they cost quite a bit more than the kings if i remember right. and this type of work is hard on stones, so might as well use either what you already have, or the most cost efficient stone you can get :}
For the magic marker bit, the way it worked the best for me was to let it sit down a bit, to evaporate the solvent it comes with, and test the angle on stone while it's still dry.
Man you look good with that new camera I will be ashamed to make videos now.
lol! had I known that a $100 camera would have made me look that good, Id have bought it a long time ago!! :}
My god I'm so glad I just clicked on you. This is by far the very best informative straight blade stone and strop video on UA-cam. Thank you so much for the experience and information. 👍
you are more than welcome, thanks for the visit!
Thank you for this video.
thank you for watching!
Is it possible to achieve a shave equal to or similar to a safety razor using a straight razor? I have all the best quality straight razors, stones and strops, I am a very good sharpener and the reality is that straight razors always need a pass against the grain to make your face look like a baby, the problem with the straight against the grain is that irritates your skin, a safety no and that's why straights razors end up in a forgotten drawer after having searched for the holy grail of shaving... or not? And I'm sorry, but since I'm argentine, I didn't understand what grains the King stone of your choice has, 16000 or 1600 and...the other side? Best!
the king stone is a 1000 grit on one side and a 6000 grit on the other. i think the best shave comes with what you shave with the most. my son gave me a very cool 1920's safety razor in a brass box for christmas. i put a new blade in and the first shave was horrible, lots of irritation, not very close, lots of missed spots. but I have not shaved with anything but a straight in 6 years or so. for me a straight it the choice not because it gets so close {although i do get pretty close with just with the grain passes}, but becuase it doesnt get plugged up as i only shave once or twice a week.
@@joecalton1449 Thanks mate!
I want one in 28 gauge!
that would be cool. I hear the 28 guage is a fun one!
Fine edges for hair shaving, paper cutting, sushi, and above all the wood. Corse edges for tomato, butchering, game dressing, defence, ropes. For sure this is based on my XP and different knives with different sizes, steels, grind types can alter my knowledge. 🔪🍻 Ps. Recently I use plain leather as strop and test my knives sharpness by cutting toilet papers and kitchen paper towels. Works for me as best means of standardising. I watched your tests and I think almost similar conclusions however I never tested fabrics and cardboards. Cheers 🍻🔪
your conclusions are about he same as mine. I have not spent much time cutting toilet paper or paper towels though.
I think it helps your recordings a lot filming vertically.
i am not that great with the camera, I just point it and go and do the best I can :}
When a real man does nerds things 🍻🔪
Great review thank you. I have been thinking about getting one of those the one thing I wanted was a sling but it doesn't come one. So glad you put one on yours and told me about it. Thank You!
i think there is a field version that come parkerized green and with a sling. but my sportsmans warehouse didnt have any.
Very useful, thank you for sharing.
Love all these informational videos Joe!🎉❤
thanks erica! I was pretty excited about this one, the chickens say those mites are a pain in the tailfeathers and they are not sorry to see them go :}
Good video Joe, something new I learned from you.
Glad you enjoyed it :}
I'm 62 and had chickens all my life. Love my gamecocks. Kelso and Allen Roundheads
that is very cool! what do you do for the mites?
@@joecalton1449 my nephew gives me some stuff. I can't recall the name. I will get in touch with him and get the name of it and let you know
Hi Joe, I already told you but I'll say it again; I like your practical approach. It's obvious you use knives for real and not just to show off. Thumbs up!
thank you for the kind words!
Good video and good content. Thanks Joe.
thank you!
I can't believe I've never seen those
they are a pretty good way to really target what what you want to catch.
I gotta admit peanut butter is the best bait on mouse traps in my experience to im forever trapping the little buggers around outside of my workshop but every now and then i have to change bait to catch out the odd smart mouse that takes the peanut butter off without setting off the trap in that instance i use good old toffee they cant resist it and when there teeth get stuck and they try and pull back SNAP one less mouse 👍
like the candy toffee? a softer sticky type? thats a great idea!
@@joecalton1449 yeah the soft sticky stuff over here in scotland its butterscotch in colour tastes great and when need be good bait 👍
@@auldreekievaper5394 great, i will add it to my shopping list and try it out :}
"Death by peanut butter really... you get a whole faceful of peanut butter and all of a sudden Whack! You're gone..." 😂😅 You're so right Joe, it really is one of the best way to leave this world! 😂😅
i think so. it sure beats some alternatives
Great video Joe!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Every time they close it to traffic and make it pedestrianised it dies.
Bro, you should've kept the S30V blade on it.
ive already worn out a blade in s30v and if I thought that thier s30v was worth carrying, then I would not have gone to the trouble to make one in 1095
@joecalton1449 , I mean there's always S90v, Magnacut, and M4. Idk how you worn out a S30V blade but bro that's insane or you're extremely hard on your knifes. Food for thought.
@@trevorthomas1030 i have 2 of them. i bought both before those other steels were offered i think. ive had the first for around 20 years, and the second for about 5 years less. the first 10 years i spent with them I was doing alot of house and mobile home rehabs and handyman type work. like 6-7 days a week, constantly working. drywall, roofing, painting, electical, windows, doors, carpet and flooring, you name it those knives have done it. that type of work at that pace wears knives out in a hurry and you really get to know a knife and steel. these last 10 years with them has been much slower and easier on those knives, but they still get thier workouts in. but I mostly make knives now and only do rehabs and handyman work occasionally.
Hi Joe, great video! Just an idea but I would love to hear you talk about regrinding a knife. I have a 940 like you that I have had for years and it’s starting to get really thick behind the edge. Would love to see a video explaining how to thin it back out!
ok, I will put that on my "to make" video list.
What I did to one I bought was to give a "flat" grind behind the edge, on a shallower angle than the steel can support it, then put a microbevel in it. I think it's fairly well-balanced that way, it can whittle my coarse beard, but not my hair. 5160 steel, 58 hrc. What do you think about it?
if it works for you, then i think it is a good thing. laying the edge back like that is a good method, you start off lower than you think you should go, then as you get used to it and the knife thickens back up from repeated sharpenings, then you find where you and the knife work best together.
Nooo! I hate that this is ending. I can't complain that it hasn't been comprehensive though.
thank you for the kind words! but it is time to get on to other things. i think I have a couple of chicken related videos next and then some diamond stone testing, and a regrind video and more on using the bras rod to find your perfect tempering temperature.
Talk about edges. I've got a 5 in D-2.. Even if I cut veggies. I'll put it on my black Arkansas. I don't let it get dull. But on the other hand you got to admit D2 will hold the edge like crazy
i have never worked with d2, but i have heard good things about it :}
@@joecalton1449 Don't dare let it get dull. It can be a beast to sharpen
Good video and good series, thanks Joe. I hope you do other series.
I am glad to hear that you have enjoyed it. i do think I liked the shorter videos.
@joecalton1449 Have a great day Joe.
@@mannynieves493 thanks! you have a great one also!
Loving these Saturday uploads Joe!!!❤🎉
thanks erica, i have been trying to do one a week for a long time. thats about as much as I can get done on a consistent basis. you are a total machine to make as many as often as you do! how is your new boss working out?
@@joecalton1449 I was slacking for a bit but I’m back on the grind now! My new boss is a bit of a hard ass and keeps me in the shop 10 hours a day! But she did mention that’s how the bills get paid🤪
I really wish I saw this 1st. After watching all these other guys go too far. I simplified it pretty much down to this video. So if you ever see this, "THANK YOU!!!" I know now I was right.
Glad you liked it! for me, the simpler the better
@@dta7746 i dont. but it is the exact same process
That is a awesome idea. You definitely know your stuff. I'm 62 and the only one I know that is into knife sharpening. They are not many of us.
thank you! yes, it seems like sharpening for the masses is going downhill. i walked into my local sprotsmans warehouse the other day, and they only had one or two diamond stones, and no regular stones at all.
Joe, what do you mean by multiple quench? Doesn’t quench just happen once during the heat?
the multiple quench is a heat treating method that I learned from my friend Ed Fowler. it can be a controversial method with some folks loving it and others not understanding it at all. the short version is that instead of heating your blade up for a single quench and then tempering, you repeat the quenching process several times before you temper. in most of the simpler high carbon steels, this acts to refine the grain and get a little more toughness and hardness. it really shines if you are heating with a torch or forge to even out the variables in heat, but it works very well with electric kilns also. I use it on 1095, 5160, 52100 and 1095 and 15n20 pattern welded steel. I have not seen a benefit in my 440c steel though.
@@joecalton1449 Thank you for your reply, I have never heard of that. Sounds like a ton of extra work too.
@@dmitryk754 its not all that bad, you already have the kiln or forge hot, so it just takes a couple extra steps.
@@joecalton1449 one day I should try, same temperatures all three times?
@@dmitryk754 yes
Hi Joe, Nice video with nice info, as usual. Burnt edges from power sharpening seem to be relatively common on factory knives. Cliff Stamp had made a couple of videos where he discussed this issue. Even from reputable companies like Benchmade and Spyderco it seems to be common to have burnt edges. Therefore, I always take that into account when watching or reading a review of a knife when the reviewer discusses about its edge retention (perhaps lack of) because what reviewers are actually reviewing is often burnt steel unless they had removed the bad steel by sharpening a couple of times prior to reviewing the knife. It must have been disappointing to notice that your customer ruined your knife by using it to melt plastic... that is a good example of the wrong tool for the job... A dollar store butter knife would have been the right one...
yes, power sharpening can be a rough thing for a knife. if you make knives for long enough, you will get wild stories like that. the best thing to do is just listen and see if you can get any more understanding about your steels and designs when it happens :}
Thanks for all the great tips!👍
thanks for watching!
This is exactly the solution I was hoping for! Thanks so much for sharing.
Great video - thanks. Have you done a video with Tempilaq on one side of a blade while grinding the other? That might help people see the issue.
i have not, but that is a good idea
Maybe interested in Indonesian natural Whetstone?
Nice to see u still making videos. Ur benchmade 940 review from years ago is still a favorite of mine and I still go back and watch it every now and again. Tell me do u still edc ur 940?
thank you for the kind words. yes, I still carry one of my 940's everday unless im traveling or something out of the ordinary. I made new blades for both of them now though, one in 1095 and one in 440c. but the handles, locks and springs are still going strong.
@@joecalton1449 man that’s so cool. I’ve only had my 940 for about a year and half now so not nearly as long as u but I absolutely love it. It truly is a workhorse isn’t it. Hope my 940 stands the test of time as yours has. And the fact that u made ur own blades for it makes it that much cooler
@@rommelthedesertfox3089 thank you! I hope your 940 treats you as well as mine have treated me.
Hey Joe! Love your videos! I've been wondering about people using the spine of their knife blade as a ferrocerium scraper. Some use the spine near the tip. Don't those glowing globs of molten metal affect the hardness of the blade? Thanks, for any additional info. Have a great week. ATB, Dingo
thanks for the kind words! first off I would say that if the entire spine of your knife is sharp enough to throw sparks off a ferro rod, then i would soften that spine up a bit with some sandpaper or the corner of a sharpening stone or something. on knives that I will use with a ferro rod, I will usually leave a small sharp corner on the ricasso, where it is out of the way. the globs of scraped ferro are hot, but there isnt enough of them in a small enough area to do your knife damage from the heat. that would be like heating up a big snowplow blade with a hairdryer, the difference in mass and the amount of heat is pretty extreme. now if you are scraping the ferro rod with the edge, then sure you could damage the edge not only with the scraping, but the very edge is very thin, and can take heat very quickly and could damage it to a small degree I would think, probably not much more steel than what you would take off on your next sharpening.
@@joecalton1449 I appreciate you getting back to me. So... using the spine, the steel acts somewhat like a heatsink to distribute the heat throughout the blade, with no real harm done to the blade itself? Thank you, again. ATB, Dingo
Yay another Joe video!🎉❤
thanks!
Not u again
I love my stones but I've got to start getting into diamond stone's. I've heard that DMT is not good quality anymore. Any input would be greatly appreciated
my very favorite edge is one off of one of my DMT 325's. now that being said, the last couple of 8x3" continuous dmt 325's that I have gotten have been really rough right out of the box. and the most current one that I bought a couple of months ago and opened last week was downright ugly. I will probably start looking for another manufacturer to recomend to folks here soon. in the meantime, a great one to get into diamonds is the little smiths coarse/fine pocket style one that you can get at walmart for about $25 that pulls apart and stores in its own handle.