Tanaka Blue 2 Damascus Kurouchi Nashiji San Mai Soft Iron Clad, HRC 63
Sharpened on a 325 grit Sharpal diamond stone and stropped with 6 micron diamond paste on suede side
Blue 2 steel is definitely my fave steel, sharpness and edge retention is ridiculous!
My mate hit me up and asked if I could sharpen his axe and hatchet up and I said yeah no worries.
Bit of a newbie to doing them!
I'd done a few of my own little hatchets before with those circle stone pucks and got average results. Also watched a few videos here and there on convex edges etc.
Decided to do them on the belt sander to make it quick and easy and do a video of it
https://youtu.be/Dy4Y5TjToUY?si=wQxpvxTf-GrHFtUO
I heard back from him yesterday and he was splitting wood with the axe, said he had no issues and it did the job so I'm pretty stoked
Anyone else sharpened axes and hatchets before on here, got any tips ?🪓