How To Mirror Stonewash A Knife
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Quick tutorial on how to do a mirror stonewashed finish on the bevels of a knife blade.
Tools and materials used are linked below.
Patreon:
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Air profiler:
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Polishing stones for air profiler:
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Dremel:
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Dremel Felt Polishing Tip 12 mm:
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Diamond paste 4000 grit:
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Diamond paste 1 micron:
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Rotary tumbler:
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Ceramic tumbler media:
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Appreciate you and your sharing with community. Awesome. Hope your knife maker issue gets resolved. America is a hard place to fit in as Asian. We gotta always watch our steps. Coincidentally my names Brian and this past week my daughter got married and became a Kim. I pray you stay well and blessed! Thanks
This is fantastic! Honestly though, that swirly finish after the dremmel buffing kind of looks dope!
Im experimenting with these same methods on copper, a lot of great information here.
I like the mirror swirl finish over mirror stonewash
I really enjoy your videos. The first 1 i watched was on edge termination a while back. I now watch everything you put out on you tube
Thanks for the stone recommendation. I use the “mold maker” from Gesswein which does break down nicely. They make so many types it seems but I’ll give your recommendation a shot next buy.
I also stack 2 stones on top of each other for more surface area contact. Not sure if your holder will open that wide but it’s worth a shot.
Sweet. Thanks
So cool man!! Thanks for all the infos!
That's cool. I've used mag wheel polish to shine up a blade a little.
Beautifully done. Cheers 👐💜
Very helpful video! Any idea how to get the smoky mirror stonewash that Spyderco got on the original Slysz Bowie?
crazy how those swirls dance in the light...
Wow, nice job,good to see you again
Thanks for sharing of your process, looks good. I respect the anime setup, it gets very boring while sanding.
This is all fantastic information, thank you for sharing! Have you tried higher fryability silicone carbide stones instead of the AO stones? Maybe they would cut faster/last longer? Also, what grit would you stop at stone wise if you were just going for a true stonewash with no scratchmarks/grind lines showing thru? I've been stopping at 1200 recently, but it still takes hours in the tumbler and I always have some underlying scratch pattern still showing thru. Maybe it's a media problem...
I have not tried those yet, if they are higher friability and sufficiently abrasive they might cut faster. However the would definitely not last longer, as high friability would mean they break down quicker. I haven't done a true stonewash but I would guess around 1200 would be fine for that as well, what might matter more is the type of tumbler and media you are using at that point
Great video, very very nice result. 👍
Great video Brian! Thanks for sharing. I've wondered about the air profiler for a good while now, nice to see it works well. Curious - what dimension stones does the profiler use? I think I'm gonna pick one up, I've got some Damacore to work on soon haha
Hi Josh thank you! The air profiler can handle a variety of stone sizes, but works best with 1/8" thick stones. They're all 6" long (you just snap pieces off to the length you want with your hands that is most comfortable to use). For width I recommend at least 1/2" wide, if it's not wide enough it'll take way longer to sand/polish and be pretty miserable. I made the mistake of buying some 1/8" wide stones and they just sit in a corner of shame. Wider will cover more surface area and be more efficient. I'm currentlly using 1/8 x 1/2 x 6
@@transparentknives OK that's great info thanks man! What's the highest carbide steels you have tried those stones with? Magnacut/cruwear I imagine would work but s90v/10v not so much probably. I wish someone made sintered diamond stones for this application... I know BBB had some sharpening stones made that were a diamond water stone that would be sick for high carbide steels
@@REKKnives the highest wear resistance ive tried is only m390 at ~64 HRC (still more wear resistant than MagnaCut at 65 HRC). I havent wanted to find out how long it would take to do s90v or 10v yet 😅
Great info
This is awesome, thanks TK. Why no protection on the flats when you take it to the buffer? I figure a piece of masking tape or something even would keep from getting any bright spots or is the 1um paste not aggressive enough to even matter?
The 1 micron paste is aggressive enough to polish, I'm using really light pressure and not buffing for very long when removing the swirlies so I don't bother. If it's a knife with saber grind or partial hollow when you're doing the main bevel with the dremel you'll polish the flats somewhat. My solution to that is to leave the blade 1 thou thicker stock thickness than final thickness before polishing then surface grind half a thou off each side to final thickness to remove any polish marks on the flats. Painters tape works for covering stuff you dont want polished though
Awesome technique. -) Peace, Stiletto :-)
The falcon stones, what size do i have to buy? And do i buy all the diffrent grits?
The air profiler can handle a variety of stone sizes, but works best with 1/8" thick stones. They're all 6" long (you just snap pieces off to the length you want with your hands that is most comfortable to use). For width I recommend at least 1/2" wide, if it's not wide enough it'll take way longer to sand/polish and be pretty miserable. I made the mistake of buying some 1/8" wide stones and they just sit in a corner of shame. Wider will cover more surface area and be more efficient. I'm currentlly using 1/8 x 1/2 x 6. I don't buy all the grits, just the ones I plan on using. Will depend on your process but 320, 600, 900, 1200 is nice to have
Your link is for Aluminum Oxide stones is that correct? Or is it supposed to be diamond?
There should be separate links for the stones, which are aluminum oxide, and the diamond pastes that are used after.
Thanks for this man! Appreciate you showing your tricks. I jsut saw a video from one of the big abrasive companies, suggesting their airway buffs can take 400 grit scratches to a mirror finish with 3 wheels. Think thats BS? Or maybe only on super soft steel?
I've never tried the airway buffs, but I can give them a shot in a future video. They are probably good for airflow. But it definitely can't take 400 grit to a nice mirror, there are no shortcuts.
They probably can get you that mirror polish (with a bunch of ghost 400 scratches) while at the same time rounding over all of your corners. That happens right before the buffing wheel flings the blade into your chest
@@steveballzack1409have you used them?
U couldn't just use the bigger buffing wheel to do the diamond compound too, how come u use the Lil wheel on the dermal then big wheel shouldn't it all work on the bigger wheel an skip the the swirlys lol
Not a stone wash
Good vid, might polish a cheepo Victorinox✚ as a tester