What are the proven advantages of a convex edge - Page 3 - BladeForums.com. Sharpening Convex Edged Knives - a knol by Night Hunter. Stuff. The Convex Edge. Various grits of paper will give you lots of options. After you have achieved the proper edge, stropping it on a leather strip charged with polishing compound will maintain it pretty well...
Sometimes if it gets a little too dull, you might use a piece of old, worn 1500 grit paper to touch up the edge. If it gets really buggered up, you might have to go all the way back to 220 grit, and reshape it all over again. In any event, draw the blade away from the edge, sanding the entire edge until there is a burr (wire edge) along the whole blade. Then turn it over, and do the other side until you have a wire edge again. Go to the next finer grit, and do again... The only major thing I would say is that I can see two possible mistakes a beginner might make. 1. 2. It takes some practice to find the right angle, it is lower than you think, especially if you are experienced with using a sharpening stone...
The strop is used after the sandpaper, to remove the wire edge that will have developed. Convex Sharpening...ARGH! - British Blades :: Custom Knife Making. Convex advice needed - Knifeforums.com - Intelligent Discussion for the Knife Enthusiast - Powered by FusionBB. 04-24-09 12:38.50 - Post#1824150 In response to Andyvanman Quote: My question is, if I do want to convex it, should I fix up the bevel first on my edge pro, maybe at a much steeper angle than normal and then have a go a convexing the edge? Or should I go straight to convexing and even the sides up that way? Or should I forget about convexing this blade and sitck with fixing it the way I know with the Edge pro? Andyvanman, There is no need to go to a V bevel first before convexing. You could go right to convex sharpening just fine. You can sharpen a convex bevel on stones freehand buy rolling slightly as you stroke. This is not the best way to go and the result of sandpaper glued to a soft backing (leather or mouse pad) will probably yield sharper better looking and more consistent results then free hand on flat stones.
Sharpening on a slack belt (no platen behind the belt) on a belt grinder/sander leaves a convex edge. You can also put a micro bevel "V" on a convex edge for touch up. Gary. SOSAK On Line - Convex Grinds.