Is it possible to sharpen carbon composite?


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Olivier
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Hi,

Do you think it is possible to sharpen a carbon composite blade?
I would like to try to make a straight razor blade or a kamisori blade but is it possible
to sharpen the edge like a ceramic blade?
If yes what composite is the best performer for this application?
Carbon, Kevlar, twaron?
Gelcoat or just resin?

Thanks for your help guys.
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To create a high pressure on the edge area you will need to make a mould that can be mechanically compressed (By clamps, bolts  or the like) while also having a vacuum bag present..

I only make flat sheets or profiles this way, My mould consists of two 20 mm thick polished stainless steel plates.  I sandwich the fabric between them, do a wet lay-up - envelope bag the whole lot,  vacuum on via through-bag connector, then clamp the whole thing down with about 50 kg of lead bars .. BigGrin
This gives a very high fibre to resin ratio. 

I simply grind the resulting "flat bar" into the desired shape, just like making a knife from flat bar stock..

I've never used foil for the cutting edge, but I have used 1 mm hardened knife steel sheet, ground to a rough shape, then sandwiched between CF fabric.

The same method could be used for the foil .. both methods require skillfull grinding of the blade ..

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