In sharpening the three 5" Skinners for Mannlicher, hunter13 and geedubya I have re set my Edge Pro to 21 degrees.
The blades are quite wide and started at about .110" thick blanks. So, I dropped down from the 24 degrees I normally do for
hunting knives down to 21 and am happy with the results.
The sharpened edge on this steel at 63/64 Rc does not feel the same to me as the other steels I have been using, but it does
push cut paper and shave hair with no problem. Still wondering if the 5.5% tungsten has something to do with this.
So, when you get them, use them and resharpen them, let us know what your doing and getting for results.
To sharpen I break the cutting edge with 120 grit belt on 1x42" grinder.
I then go to the Edge Pro.
I start there with 120 grit, then 220, then 600 and then to the leather strop.
Cut on.
Tim
