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T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 6:51 AM On 2011-02-16 16:27, pjc5150 wrote: Spoke to the dude at flexcut today and he recommended a leather stropping wheel on a drill, and using their "flexcut gold" compound to keep the factory edge. That's what I use. Works like a charm. Keeps me from having to go back to the sharpening stone for a long time. You can even liven up x-acto blades with it! Good to know that your flexcut set is the sculptor's one. I have broken one of their larger #3 gouges (not sculptor model) twice already. They have a design flaw (IMHO) where the width of the blade thins right at the handle. I took the broken blade, put it in my own handle and I can mallet the hell out of it now.

On 2011-02-16 16:27, pjc5150 wrote:
Spoke to the dude at flexcut today and he recommended a leather stropping wheel on a drill, and using their "flexcut gold" compound to keep the factory edge.

That's what I use. Works like a charm. Keeps me from having to go back to the sharpening stone for a long time. You can even liven up x-acto blades with it!

Good to know that your flexcut set is the sculptor's one. I have broken one of their larger #3 gouges (not sculptor model) twice already. They have a design flaw (IMHO) where the width of the blade thins right at the handle. I took the broken blade, put it in my own handle and I can mallet the hell out of it now.

Post #576665 by TheBigT on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 6:51 AM