Update: worked with a manual file, coarse side got it vaguely somewhat straight (took your collective advice that it didn’t actually need to be fully straight), and finer side got it sharp-ish, albeit on an irregular line… Thx for the advice, guys!
My dude(tte), go buy a cheap bench grinder and tune that thing up. Seriously. If you don’t know how to use a bench grinder you’ll pick up the basics pretty quick. Once you get one, use the coarse wheel to grind the cutting edge straight, hog down the cutting angle till it’s close, then use the fine wheel to get a nice edge on the blade. If you want to get fancy swap the coarse wheel for a buffing wheel, grab some honing compound and give that blade a mirrors edge. Once you’ve got it dialed in post a picture over on dullmensclub
and add some soft starter on it as well, most cheapo powertools (even expensive ones) doesn’t have it. It tamps down those freaky and a bit scary startups.
Update: worked with a manual file, coarse side got it vaguely somewhat straight (took your collective advice that it didn’t actually need to be fully straight), and finer side got it sharp-ish, albeit on an irregular line… Thx for the advice, guys!
My dude(tte), go buy a cheap bench grinder and tune that thing up. Seriously. If you don’t know how to use a bench grinder you’ll pick up the basics pretty quick. Once you get one, use the coarse wheel to grind the cutting edge straight, hog down the cutting angle till it’s close, then use the fine wheel to get a nice edge on the blade. If you want to get fancy swap the coarse wheel for a buffing wheel, grab some honing compound and give that blade a mirrors edge. Once you’ve got it dialed in post a picture over on dullmensclub
and add some soft starter on it as well, most cheapo powertools (even expensive ones) doesn’t have it. It tamps down those freaky and a bit scary startups.