Try to bend the point to a steeper angle only at the tip, what angle are you using? You can use the bent point at various angles even up to 90°, passing only a couple of times the tip through the sharpening stone will make your point more resistant. Normally I usually use this stainless steel...
Hello everyone, some time without passing through here, but it is always a great pleasure to return to the good places. Today I want to share with you my most recent work, I already posted it on Facebook so I'm sorry if you already saw it.
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I see very good answers here and I think they are all valid. In the personal I have obtained better results with 0.1 mm (0.003 ") heels. Before I used to measure it approximately by establishing said measurement in a caliper and then comparing under the microscope the distance between the teeth...
304 and 316 are practically the same with the difference of the presence of molybdenum in 316 that improves its anticorrosive characteristics. Neither of the two are very good for engraving, too pasty, however I use 316 as it is the one I have on hand, as I have researched the best for...
Thanks Mitch, I have Sam's video. In this work I was understanding some things about shading and one of them is what you suggest, really in person the dark areas look much darker than in the photos, I am taking the same with a mobile phone and a light box made in home, I suppose this has a lot...
Hello everyone, again around here, this is my second knife for the tobacco maker, I think I have had some progress compared to the previous work, what do you think? Thanks in advance.