Hinderer XM-18 on the Wicked Edge sharpener

[kwakster]

This is the Hinderer XM-18 from a fellow forum member on the Dutch knife forums.
The request was to find a good balance between usefulness & esthetics; if possible to create a new edge that would cut well (with an edge angle fitting a strong tactical folder like the XM) while at the same time keeping the bevel width within limits.

The edge was first reprofiled to an even 35 degrees inclusive with diamond stones 200, 400 & 600, and then refined with SiC wet & dry paper 800, 1000, 1500 and 2000 taped to the diamond stones.
The resulting edge was then somewhat polished with 6 micron diamond paste (a tiny dab of paste on the back of wet & dry paper which was then taped to the 600 grit stones)

[Styerman]

Sweet , I have my eye on one of those sharpners as well . Great job , superb folder ! I'm thinking about a Wicked Edge for my growing Emerson family , I saw an 8 you breathed on over on the USN - flat out awsome .

Chris

[Gareth]

Very impressive work mate, as always.

[bushidomosquito]

That's incredible! You could shave with that knife and use the edge as a mirror too!

[Nikos]

XM-18s are so