Knife Sharpening - Spyderco Lil Native - Rex45
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2020
- Knife used
Spyderco Lil Native
Steel type
Rex45
Stones used
Gritomatic 240 grit
Gritomatic 1000 grit
Gritomatic 2500 grit
Dlt Leather Strop with CBN 2 micron emulsion
Bess "c" score based on a 3 cut test, averaged - 74 grams
This man is the best sharpener. It’s almost like sleep white noise too. Maybe I’ll learn how to like him through that “sleep osmosis” learning method!
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Cool little knife but I usually carry a bigger blade. Rex45 looks like something I'd like to try. Enjoyed the video.
Good job on the sharpening bud. Just love the sound of steel on stone.
Me too 😁👌
Thanks Mr Jewell for pointing out that some knives just don't come sharpened evenly, as a newer sharpener I would be more likely to think my angle is probably out. Cheers, nice to have some more knowledge. 👍
Sadly it happens more often these days. Looking at the plunge line, can help identify when there is a problem. You can usually tell if one side has more material removed, than the other, doing so.
@@Jef thanks heaps for the reply.
A very clean crisp edge and nice point.
That tip came out really nice. Lopsided but pointy 😁
@@Jef hehe yeah sometimes the bevel is a little off
Try your other 1k sic ! 74 but it's not my best effort!!!! Lol jef you are the man!!!!
That’s not a bad idea actually. Didn’t even think of it
I think Rex 45 likes a toothy edge good job .
Thanks. I haven’t used it enough to really figure it out. The new flavor of the week always wins out 😂
74!!!!holy shit bro!!!
Not bad indeed, although not my sharpest edge :)
Nice edge! The bevels might have been off slightly off but you made them look good!
It’ll be nice to even them out if i can, on diamond. Seeing em off balance drives me nuts 😛
Jef I can watch u sharpen all night!!! Tip looks great! Pointy and crisp. Also try a slurry on 1k! See if that aids in abrasion
I actually did try a slurry on the 1 and 2.5 off camera. Did not help
nice video jef. I do not own anything in rex45 yet.
Good to see that the Arachnid company is still off grinding sides at times.😅 oh well, use and life goes on i guess. Cheers !
Yea this is my first rex45 knife. So far i am not impressed. I’ll take maxamet over it any day
Hah, as a relative newcomer to freehand sharpening on bench stones my bevels look uneven / stepped like that all too frequently - especially when working a harder to grind steel, reprofiling, or on a slow cutting stone. Jef, do you think the SiC stones still work ok on this and just more slowly than usual? Or did you feel like they were struggling too much for comfort? Certainly looked like it got decently sharp despite the bevel issues so it must have been cutting at least reasonably well at the apex.
Yea they still work, but slower. Well, after 240, they were slower. That being said, I wasn't expecting it, so I just sharpened like I normally do, assuming everything was falling into place. By the time I got it under the scope, the stepped bevel was present, and I couldn't fix it on the 2500 grit. Had I spent more time on the 1k, or even went back to it, after realizing my mistake, I could have evened things out. Instead, I pressed on, and well, you saw the results. The edge came out screaming sharp, but man was it ugly :p
Let me guess looking from the tip back to the handle the right side grinding is much more vertical than the left. Pretty typical of a lot of manufacturers.
Exactly. It’s almost standard now a days and we keep buying em up.
hey jeff, what do you use to add a sharpening choil ? a round file ? or sum sort a rotary bit ? thanks bud.
I use a needle diamond file from harbor freight. here is a video showing how i do it
th-cam.com/video/_Hhvf_afUcM/w-d-xo.html
Hello Jef. One question. Why do you assume that the stones did not cut it effectively? I watched the video twice, and i believe that perhaps you changed your angles enough to create the second microbevel between the stones. That second microbevel is solid proof, to me, that the stones cut it like butter. Just a small sharpening error due to the small size of the blade. Please share your opinion. Thank you.
Bc they created that double bevel, and were unable to remove it. I created a slurry on both stones, after I got the magnification shots, and went back to try and fix it. They were unable to do so.
They cut the steel, no doubt there. It got wicked sharp. They just couldn't remove such a large error, without spending more time than I cared to allot them.
@@Jef Okay, i get it now. Thank you for explaining.
What a screaming sharp edge. Will be interesting to see what happens with the diamond stones. Thanks for the info to this point.
Yea im curious to see myself. The 1k and 2500 wouldnt fix my wonky bevels.
Do you prefer cbn over diamond for stones and/or stropping? Is there a noticeable difference?
I prefer cbn for stropping, but honestly, I think white compound is the best in all areas. Price, results, and application. The only CBN stones I have tried, are TribleB's. I liked the feel of them, but I could never get high sharpness results. I don't know if it was me, or the stones, but I never seemed to unlock their potential. I have several videos showing them off. Those stones, compared to say Venev, I think I would choose Venev. Based solely on price.
@@Jef, thank you, sir!
What white compound would you recommend?
I always use Strop Bro's compound. Cheap and has been my go to for years.
@@Jef, thanks again!
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That’s a pretty Lil Native , what do you think about the Rex 45 , or have you had it long enough ?
I just bought a BM Freek with f*&# up bevels like that . Sucks to pay that kind of $ for a knife & get screwed up bevels /imo .
Yea no doubt. I haven't really been able to get on it yet, to make an opinion. What little I have seen, shows it to be chippy
@@Jef I was looking at a native 5 rex 45. I have read that Rex 45 was at about 67 hrc, so that might have to do with it possibly being chippy. I've never had a supersteel, but not sure I care to pay the premium for them. I like sharpening anyway.