Hi,
Firstly, I saw a video of someone running the edge of their knife very lightly through a piece of wood to remove the burr after sharpening and stropping (he stropped on the stone which I've never seen before?) he didn't explain why he did this or how useful it is so could someone please elaborate on why/how/when you do this and whether it is worth bothering?
Secondly, a while ago I foolishly decided to use the diamond side of my DC4 to change the bevel angle on a cheap axe and abused the DC4 quite a bit , ever since then whatever blade I am sharpening catches over different parts of the surface and causes quite deep scratches and there also appear to be lots of little holes as well. Have I completely ruined it or is there a way of me fixing it without having to buy another one!
Thanks in advance,
Asa
Just to ease confusion, it is the DC4 that is broken with the scratches and all, not the axe.
Firstly, I saw a video of someone running the edge of their knife very lightly through a piece of wood to remove the burr after sharpening and stropping (he stropped on the stone which I've never seen before?) he didn't explain why he did this or how useful it is so could someone please elaborate on why/how/when you do this and whether it is worth bothering?
Secondly, a while ago I foolishly decided to use the diamond side of my DC4 to change the bevel angle on a cheap axe and abused the DC4 quite a bit , ever since then whatever blade I am sharpening catches over different parts of the surface and causes quite deep scratches and there also appear to be lots of little holes as well. Have I completely ruined it or is there a way of me fixing it without having to buy another one!
Thanks in advance,
Asa
Just to ease confusion, it is the DC4 that is broken with the scratches and all, not the axe.
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