If I am going to use a Titanium Razor Blade for Trimming the tip??

acedonkeyace

acedonkeyace

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What is the best type of holder to hold the blade, so I can control the action and movement as I am trimming the sides of the tip even with the ferrule and then the crowning of the tip?

What is the best holder and where can I get one??

thanks for the info,

I was thinking about the 'tinablade' from tiger, but I suck at sharpening any type of knife blade, especially to a razor sharpness, how many tip trimmings do you get with the tina blade? And do they offer an automatic sharpener for this tinablade from tiger, so I dont have to use the stones?

Thanks for the info

mike 'acedonkeyace' kennedy
 
The tina blade is about 8"long many sharpenings.Gerber makes a nice utility blade holder that I somtimes use but I usualy just bare blade it.
 
acedonkeyace said:
What is the best type of holder to hold the blade, so I can control the action and movement as I am trimming the sides of the tip even with the ferrule and then the crowning of the tip?

What is the best holder and where can I get one??

thanks for the info,

I was thinking about the 'tinablade' from tiger, but I suck at sharpening any type of knife blade, especially to a razor sharpness, how many tip trimmings do you get with the tina blade? And do they offer an automatic sharpener for this tinablade from tiger, so I dont have to use the stones?

Thanks for the info

mike 'acedonkeyace' kennedy
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Your fingers.

I have a sharpener that I use on a grinder that will sharpen a stainless knife much sharper than any razor blade ever made but at the angle for this sharpness is so acute that it dulls quickly (8-10 degree) but it stays plenty sharp enough to do a couple of tips. A 15 degree lasts longer and a 25 degree much longer yet.

Dick
 
acedonkeyace said:
What is the best type of holder to hold the blade, so I can control the action and movement as I am trimming the sides of the tip even with the ferrule and then the crowning of the tip?

What is the best holder and where can I get one??

thanks for the info,

I was thinking about the 'tinablade' from tiger, but I suck at sharpening any type of knife blade, especially to a razor sharpness, how many tip trimmings do you get with the tina blade? And do they offer an automatic sharpener for this tinablade from tiger, so I dont have to use the stones?

Thanks for the info

mike 'acedonkeyace' kennedy
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What are you using to shape it on?
 
what am i using the blades on?

I am planning on getting a jig, like the one I saw from DZcues, it has a nickle and dime knotched out and made of a nylon plastic material.

any other suggestions would be great

thanks

mike
 
acedonkeyace said:
I am planning on getting a jig, like the one I saw from DZcues, it has a nickle and dime knotched out and made of a nylon plastic material.

any other suggestions would be great

thanks

mike
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Are you using it on a full size metal lathe or taig based if taig based you should be able to rest your hands on the bed or crosslide you can also use your tool holder by turning your tool around and resting the blade on it

if you have a shaper with both radius's you can test yourself it won't take long to get the feel of it if you are new at it you can can use a file on 400 or so rpm to get comfortable
 
If your blade is really clean and polished on the sides, you can lay it on the ferrule to trim the sides of the tip and rest it on your cutting tool to set the curvature of the tip.
 
waydee said:
Don't mean to hijack your thread but, what do you use on your grinder Dick.Thanks
Wayde
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I use this kit.

http://sharpeningmadeeasy.com/paper.htm#other

There is a fellow who has a booth at the local monthly gun show who sharpens peoples knives and sells these kits but much cheaper. He has two sizes of wheels, one being wider than the other. I paid 25.00 for my kit and the larger kit was 35.00.

Like I had posted, I used a very acute angle which made the knife extremely, even unbelievabley sharp but at that angle it doesn't hold an edge for a long time. The first time I tried it using these wheels I felt the blade to see if it was making a difference and I cut my finger. A not so acute angle would make for a much more durable edge and still be sharper than any utility blade edge and only takes about a minute to put on.

Dick
 
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My step-dad has an old carborundum sharpening stone that once served in his butcher shop. It's amazing the edge you can get with that stone. Gillette only wishes they could use it.
 
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Tip Cutting

Every time I try to bare hand it with a razor blade it will sometimes catch the tip. It has one time come out of my fingers. I was scared to look but luckily my fingers survived. I was also thinking of trying the Tina blade. I seen some videos some of the guys have put out, including the one from Tiger and they only take a couple of passes on it, cuts with no problem and is done in 30 seconds. I am taking my time to not catch the tip and cut slow. Am I turning the blade into the tip too much, I am cutting at a slower speed, do I need to speed it up? Any help would be appreciated. Maybe the Tina with a rest would help.
 
I have a couple vids on you tube showing how I trim with a razor blade. Works very well for me
 
You won't get out of sharpening blades if that's what you are after. The only other option is disposable, like utility blades.

Titanium razor blades are titanium coated, not made of titanium. Generally speaking titanium sucks for a blade edge. Titanium does not polish well, that is the first clue that it does not work well for an edge. You can get titanium edge utility blades, but as far as I know they are simply titanium coated. Even the "titanium" tactical knives you see advertised by companies like Benchmade only have titanium hardware and handles, their blades are made of steel.


The best blades I have found are from a dermatome, the instrument used in surgery to harvest skin grafts. The best chisels I have found were from orthopedic surgery. For most people these things are prohibitively expensive though. I got some years ago from the hospital. Any little problem and they are tossed....so I snagged them.

Here is an example of a dermatome blade: http://www.dotmed.com/listing/derma...urce=base&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=Base Yes, that's $250 for that blade.

Generally speaking you don't want to take shortcuts on your edged tools. Use the best you can get and maintain them well. That will include maintaining the edge...unless you use disposable utility blades.

No, I am not a cue maker.

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Yes Darcy I have actually watched those a few times and thanks for doing them. Things like that really help some of the new comers ;-)
Maybe with practice it will come.
 
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