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Picks - Should You Sharpen Them Or Not?
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<blockquote data-quote="sand surfer" data-source="post: 585238" data-attributes="member: 7418"><p>I am with mbasko deepseeker ,use water to keep it cool ,most of the old spring's were made of water hardened steel , unless you have a test piece to play around with i would stick with water to keep it cool if you get it hot, i would give it about 2 or 3 firm passes then dip in the water for a second or 2 to keep it cool</p><p>The best way to test the hardness when finished sharpening is to run a file over it ,the file should skid on it not bite into easily</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sand surfer, post: 585238, member: 7418"] I am with mbasko deepseeker ,use water to keep it cool ,most of the old spring's were made of water hardened steel , unless you have a test piece to play around with i would stick with water to keep it cool if you get it hot, i would give it about 2 or 3 firm passes then dip in the water for a second or 2 to keep it cool The best way to test the hardness when finished sharpening is to run a file over it ,the file should skid on it not bite into easily [/QUOTE]
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