Well ain't this a crock

lovenhim · **on:** June 14, 2010, 07:35:37 PM

Hello everyone. I got my hands on my first ever way to sharpen a knife. I got my hands on a crock shapener. Now I have to learn how to use it. It has instructions on the bottom of it and used rods in two different levels of roughness. It is old and it is used, but it should do for starters. My question now is do I need to replace the rods or will they clean up? Do you have any tips on using it properly?

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2010, 07:38:09 PM

Warm soapy water, and a scratch pad will clean them up mate

Gadget Guy · **Reply #2 on:** June 14, 2010, 07:42:31 PM

Comet cleanser works great too!

John · **Reply #3 on:** June 14, 2010, 08:06:49 PM

Just rub them with a half a lemon and wipe off

what Mike and John say's also works

lovenhim · **Reply #4 on:** June 14, 2010, 08:41:30 PM

OK I took the rods and placed them in soapy water while cleaning them with a yellow mild scowering pad. That did help clean them up quite a bit.

Now to play with the thing, there is a dull SAK calling my name.

Neil · **Reply #5 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:10:22 PM

Depending on the rods you may well be able to keep them clean with a pencil eraser. That's what I use

lovenhim · **Reply #6 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:29:23 PM

I am not sure but the rods sound ceramic to me. I found out that the sharpener was bought in the mid 80's and the label on it says Cutlery World.

Zack · **Reply #7 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:58:14 PM

Those are great sharpeners, basically a pre runner to the Spyderco Sharpmaker.

Styerman · **Reply #8 on:** June 14, 2010, 10:10:47 PM

Comet works great , great tool , be carefull around acute points . The only drawback , they aren't good on serated .

Chris

lovenhim · **Reply #9 on:** June 14, 2010, 10:24:37 PM

So a sharpener like this is decent quality then? This is my first attempt at knife sharpening so we will see. I did play with that SAK and did 50 course rod stokes and 50 white rod strokes on each side of the blade. left right, left right, etc 50 times on each set of rods. That blade is sharp now, so I must have done it right. LOL

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #10 on:** June 14, 2010, 10:26:27 PM

50 is a bit excessive mate, you should get result's with about 20 stokes on each stone, and about 10 for touch up's on the fine rods

John · **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2010, 10:30:39 PM

Quote from: Neil on June 14, 2010, 09:10:22 PM

Depending on the rods you may well be able to keep them clean with a pencil eraser. That's what I use

And he knows

John · **Reply #12 on:** June 14, 2010, 10:32:45 PM

Quote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on June 14, 2010, 10:26:27 PM

50 is a bit excessive mate, you should get result's with about 20 stokes on each stone, and about 10 for touch up's on the fine rods

An I'll add Mike is good at sharp JMO

lovenhim · **Reply #13 on:** June 15, 2010, 12:32:45 AM

Quote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on June 14, 2010, 10:26:27 PM

50 is a bit excessive mate, you should get result's with about 20 stokes on each stone, and about 10 for touch up's on the fine rods

Thank you for clearing that up for me. Now I know.

So you use the medium stone for a dull blade and move to fine. You would use the fine for just a touch up on an already sharp blade to maintain its edge, correct?

Gadget Guy · **Reply #14 on:** June 15, 2010, 12:56:09 AM

Quote from: Styerman on June 14, 2010, 10:10:47 PM

Comet works great , great tool , be carefull around acute points . The only drawback , they aren't good on serated .

Chris

I already said Comet!

Styerman · **Reply #15 on:** June 15, 2010, 02:02:32 AM

Don't use excessive pressure . It's a good system , will give you very sharp results .

GG , I was just bolstering your authority , Buddy !

Chris

lovenhim · **Reply #16 on:** June 15, 2010, 04:20:42 AM

I thought I would play with the sharpener by trying it on a dull, cheap kitchen knife that is old. You know what, the knife will cut a car in half and then still slice a tomato.

Just kidding, it did however put a nice edge on it. It seems that using light preasure or no preasure and just using the knifes own weight works the best. It is a bit awkward to use at first but you get use to how the blade angle is and how to place the knife straight on the rods. I think it will work for me as a newbie knife sharpener, now all I need to do is practice with it.

Styerman · **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2010, 02:03:16 PM

The best thing to practice on is a cheap but moderate quality paring knife , real junk is unsharpenable as the steel just keeps bending until it breaks off . A cheap plastic handled Henkel paring knife is a good choice for three or four bucks .

Chris

Mercury · **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2010, 08:39:02 AM

I'm so jealous! I have been trying to get my hands on a Lanskey turnbox(essentially the same sharpener) for awhile now. I really need one, but the funds are tied up in bills right now. I spend my last bit of fun cash getting my sideclip back. Let me know how you like it for touching up your wave's blade.

lovenhim · **Reply #19 on:** June 16, 2010, 07:02:18 PM

The sharpener is my first ever dive in to knife sharpening so I have nothing to compare it to. I like it a lot and it works well and is simple for me to use. It gets the job done and fast. I can certainly recommend it.

Mercury · **Reply #20 on:** June 17, 2010, 01:42:40 PM

Quote from: lovenhim on June 16, 2010, 07:02:18 PM

The sharpener is my first ever dive in to knife sharpening so I have nothing to compare it to. I like it a lot and it works well and is simple for me to use. It gets the job done and fast. I can certainly recommend it.

pretty good one to start with. Kinda like your Wave was your first Multi, you don't mess around!

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #21 on:** June 17, 2010, 02:14:17 PM

Those are original crocksticks!! Those babies WORK!!!!!

Great score!!

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