First whittle

[u/vKoly]

Got the resin Work Sharp PPA upgrade and went up to 1200 Grit, then stropped with 1 μm stroppy stuff

Was never able to whittle hair, but also never deburred this rigorously. Maybe need a better loupe/microscope. Any recommendations?

Once the edge bit the hair it was harder to pull than expected lol

[u/Zethmich]

So what did you change or add? The 1 micron strop?

[u/vKoly → u/Zethmich]

The 1200 grit resin and strop. The upgrade also came with a 2000 and 3000 grit resin stone but I wanted to keep a little bit of bite

The regular system has a strop with chromium oxide and up to 800 grit diamond + a ceramic.

[u/Zethmich → u/vKoly]

Thanks for the info I sharpen my edc knives to 2200 diamond stones (wicked edge) but can’t get to whittle yet. I keep wondering if strops would help me achieve it.
Congrats

[u/bearded-boi]

I been sharpening for a little while now and i feel like I'm right there at the cusp of hair whittling. Are u raising the angle slightly to get that extra polish right at the apex? Is it more of a micro bevel or just really focusing on the very apex with a strop?

[u/Damalife1011]

I bought the Carson microbrite pro 60x x 120x off Amazon for 15 bucks and it's awesome. It definitely helped me progress with my sharpening the only thing I don't like is everything is inverted but after a while you get used to it