Great Tech article on sharpening.

[ALBPM]

Here's an in depth paper on sharpening and what happens to the metal on the edge with several sharpening techniques. Lots of SEM images of the metal surface.

http://mse.iastate.edu/files/verhoeven/KnifeShExps.pdf

[BiGB808]

link doesnt work


goes to pdf..and just sits there for about 10 minutes

[snolden]

works fine, jsut is a huge file 7.77 mb

[raeldridge]

as my daughter would say in her text messaging, "OMG!"

seriously, it's a big honking .pdf, so sorry for your dialup guys, it's gonna suck.

I just quick skimmed it, it looks like a *serious* study on sharpening. tonnes o' pictures, diagrams and text.

[pannern]

good info