Doublereed Archive - Posting 000018.txt from 2007/02

From: "Sameer Al-Abdullah" <simsim29@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] Scraping with nicks
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:43:15 -0500

Dear List,

After I get my knife sharp and start to scrape the tip I noticed that
i'm creating nicks on both sides of the tip eventhough the knife is
sharp and I DO scrape with "follow ups" . I was just wondering if this
is because I'm not scraping very fast or because my knife is maybe too
sharp? I like to think that maybe it has to do with the knife since I
feel that it's pretty sharp. I dont scrape with pressure. I do it in a
scratching manner and I rotate my right hand in a circular motion
(upwards).

Is it possible that the knife is too sharp??

Question 2, does anyone know of any site that sells Norton Fine India
sharpening stones that are bigger than 5 or 6 inch long and with a
good width? THe one thats being sold at Forrestsmusic is small and I
like to find a bigger one.

Thanks

Sameer Al-Abdullah

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