Well due to insomia I finally finished zero grinding my ZDP-189 Endura 4 with a DMT XC.
I learned a few things.
The distal taper of the blade when zero ground, either due to the stress from grinding or just the nature of the steel, makes the tip unusable brittle, as in it snapped the last millimeter off just from very light pressure from my finger tip when wiping grinding dust off.
Also it took around 5 hours to finish the process, and I had already been doing a little at a time each time I sharpened it, so total time would probably be a full day.
My fingers are still dark from all the muck that came off during the grinding. Gloves are a must next time I do such a thing.
Side note, fingers are sore in spots that kept hitting the stone. So better finger placement is key to not being rubbed raw.
Now to try and get some sleep, and then Thursday I will try actually apexing it. Right now it isn't properly apexed so parts along the edge are either decently sharp or blunted or burred heavily.
Oh and the final thing learned. Do not try zero grinding when sleep deprived and suffering insomnia.
I learned a few things.
The distal taper of the blade when zero ground, either due to the stress from grinding or just the nature of the steel, makes the tip unusable brittle, as in it snapped the last millimeter off just from very light pressure from my finger tip when wiping grinding dust off.
Also it took around 5 hours to finish the process, and I had already been doing a little at a time each time I sharpened it, so total time would probably be a full day.
My fingers are still dark from all the muck that came off during the grinding. Gloves are a must next time I do such a thing.
Side note, fingers are sore in spots that kept hitting the stone. So better finger placement is key to not being rubbed raw.
Now to try and get some sleep, and then Thursday I will try actually apexing it. Right now it isn't properly apexed so parts along the edge are either decently sharp or blunted or burred heavily.
Oh and the final thing learned. Do not try zero grinding when sleep deprived and suffering insomnia.