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us Offline troma

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Blade sharpening?
on: December 06, 2011, 08:47:15 AM
In all the years I have been using MTs', once I have worn a blade edge, I have never been able to get it back to "out of the box sharp". Have tried using flat stones, bought a lansky sharpener, works well, but I have not been able to replicate the factory edge with it. Currently use those cheap 3.99$ yellow ones you see in buckets at the checkout line, with the carbide and ceramic side(think the manufacturer is "Smith's"). The cheap one actually does as good of a job as anything else i have used, but they wear out rather quickly.
 So anyway, what works for you?


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Blade sharpening?
Reply #1 on: December 06, 2011, 09:59:58 AM
Spyderco Sharpmaker does the job for me. 👍


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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #2 on: December 06, 2011, 11:01:16 AM
Spyderco Sharpmaker does the job for me. 👍

+1  ;)

Just very easy and quick to use . Although its not ideal for very blunt blades or re-profiling. I am lucky in the fact that I can also sharpen free hand on a stone .


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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #3 on: December 06, 2011, 12:01:37 PM
I really need to learn the dark art of sharpening.
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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #4 on: December 06, 2011, 12:04:33 PM
I can get decent results (Slicing paper/shaving hair) with the Lansky (Deluxe, standard stones), though you have to be careful to remove the Burr from the edges to get good results. I also use a home made strop afterwards.

For multitools usually I get better results Free Hand, since they are not easy to work on with the Lansky.

I see that the people getting really impressive, better than "out of the box", results tend to spend a lot of time on each knife (more than 5- 10 minutes) whereas I do not really have the patience to spend a few hours to achieve a super sharp edge that will not really improve my cutting, especially after the first few cuts.
Usually, most of my sharpening is done on Kitchen Knives and a few Swiss Army knives. There are also some knives that can not take a decent edge, irrespective of how I try. One of my kitchen knives is like that.
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us Offline django.cj

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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #5 on: December 06, 2011, 03:19:05 PM
I've found that it's much easier to do a light touch up more frequently than to sharpen something really blunt.  I use a Sharpmaker, and a few strokes on the ceramic rods will usually bring a blade back to shaving. 


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Blade sharpening?
Reply #6 on: December 06, 2011, 05:59:47 PM
I've found that it's much easier to do a light touch up more frequently than to sharpen something really blunt.  I use a Sharpmaker, and a few strokes on the ceramic rods will usually bring a blade back to shaving.

Yes!... A knifemaker once told me that the best way to sharpen a knife is to never let it get dull. A few proper swipes on ceramic rods every few uses of the knife and you'll never have a dull knife again.


us Offline THE_LONGBOW

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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #7 on: December 06, 2011, 06:54:37 PM
I take the time to get a good edge on the blade to start with, then it is easy to maintain. I always sharpen brand new blades right out of the box then I know my angle is on there and future touch ups are easy.
I use a Buck Tri Stone (Diamond and Stone combo) then go to the SpyderCo SharpMaker to maintain.


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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #8 on: December 06, 2011, 09:45:44 PM
I posted this in another thread  :)

I have one of these and it works well for me  :salute:
(It takes all the skill out of the job but means you get the same angle every time)

http://lansky.com/index.php/products/std-3-stone-system/
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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #9 on: December 07, 2011, 12:31:03 AM
sharpmaker for maintaining an edge.
don't let it get dull
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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #10 on: December 07, 2011, 03:33:23 AM
I'm always changing my sharpening preferences.

As of late it's been pocket diamond stones. I use the factory edge until I notice that it is getting dull, and then I touch it up on a stone. Diamonds are great, they quickly sharpen the hardest of steels, and the tactile feedback it excellent. You can really "feel" when the sharpening is done.
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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #11 on: December 11, 2011, 04:39:43 PM
Yes!... A knifemaker once told me that the best way to sharpen a knife is to never let it get dull. A few proper swipes on ceramic rods every few uses of the knife and you'll never have a dull knife again.


+1. I give my pocket and kitchen knives a few FEATHER LIGHT passes with a ceramic V rod sharpener after every other uses or so. Doing that has kept my kitchen knives razor sharp for the past two years. But if a knife gets dull, I'll take it to a professional and get it sharpened. Some folks can whip out the sharpener stones or sharpmakers and get a dull knives razor sharp. I'm not one of those.

I'm also  looking at getting an electric knife sharpener recommended by Cooks Illustrated and trying that out on a few old dull knives to see if it really works.
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Re: Blade sharpening?
Reply #12 on: December 11, 2011, 05:58:51 PM
For the most part, I sharpen using two different stones, one one coarse/medium, one fine/very fine. I also have one of the yellow Smiths sharpeners mentioned in the first post. I keep it in my locker at work, and it does a decent job. I'm thinking about getting either a Sharpmaker or a Lansky soon though.
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Re: Blade sharpening?
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