Bigfattyt
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I normally carve pumpkins with complex patterns and small pumpkin saws.
This year, I used my traditional slip joints to carve! (careful here.....these are sharp enough that if you slip, or over cut into your hand, you will loose a finger if you hit a joint)
(please excuse these terrible photo's. The real camera was upstairs, and my hands were messy.....so phone it is).
23 pattern GEC single blade pioneer)
I did this one using the clip point to trace the design, and all the carving was done with the spey blade. Then I thinned out behind the flames, so they glow even though they are not cut out.
73 pattern Schrade (GEC made scout)
The edges needed a touch up.
notice the hair between the knives...........it has a purpose!
Lets check those edges!
yup, they will whittle a free hanging hair.
The clip point edges were convexed by hand, and then stropped on my crappy home made strop with buffing compound from Harbor Freight.
Now, the spey edges are pretty much at the factory angle, just refined on some 600 grit and then the strop. They yielded the same results (but I was too lazy to take photo's), which really surprised me because I had not lowered the angles from factory.
Have to love how easy 1095 is to sharpen! Just a few strokes per side after it gets a bit dull, and good to go!
(And that is why I had to be careful when carving!)
This year, I used my traditional slip joints to carve! (careful here.....these are sharp enough that if you slip, or over cut into your hand, you will loose a finger if you hit a joint)
(please excuse these terrible photo's. The real camera was upstairs, and my hands were messy.....so phone it is).
23 pattern GEC single blade pioneer)
I did this one using the clip point to trace the design, and all the carving was done with the spey blade. Then I thinned out behind the flames, so they glow even though they are not cut out.
73 pattern Schrade (GEC made scout)
The edges needed a touch up.
notice the hair between the knives...........it has a purpose!
Lets check those edges!
yup, they will whittle a free hanging hair.
The clip point edges were convexed by hand, and then stropped on my crappy home made strop with buffing compound from Harbor Freight.
Now, the spey edges are pretty much at the factory angle, just refined on some 600 grit and then the strop. They yielded the same results (but I was too lazy to take photo's), which really surprised me because I had not lowered the angles from factory.
Have to love how easy 1095 is to sharpen! Just a few strokes per side after it gets a bit dull, and good to go!
(And that is why I had to be careful when carving!)
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