Knife sharpening systems

**Equipoise** · Posted On: 6/21/2007 11:26pm

Mouse pad + high grit sand paper. Drag the blade across 10 or so times, then the other side 10 or so times.

High Speed and Cheap Knife sharpener. It's what I use on my Wusthofs and my Wotan.

**Dr. Sleepless** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 1:20am

Originally Posted by GuiltySpark

Is this were we wait a few days and find out you've never sharpened a knife in your life or something?

Nah, I actually know how to sharpen a knife. Maybe I'll even make a video on it.

**wetware** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 2:11am

Yeah, the spyderco sharpmaker set is great. Easy to use and very effective. Mine is getting a little old and doesn't work as well as it used to. I can't seem to get the steel particles out of the ceramic material any more. Time for new rods, I guess. It probably didn't help that every time I got it out while I was in the sandbox all my friends would ask me to sharpen their knives, too. I didn't mind and it was a good way to de-stress. You'll find that people who outrank you seldom bother you when there's two rows of knives next to you, the sharp and the dull and you've been sharpening for quite a while.

I had someone look at one of my knives a few months back that I had sharpened on the sharpmaker tell me that it was dull. This was after I shaved a patch of hair off my arm with it. Before I had a chance to say anything he'd drawn it across his forearm, handed it back to me and said, "See?" I went "huh", obviously confused and put it away. That was about the time their arm started gushing.

Edit: BTW, I wish I had video of that.

**SFGOON** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 11:30am

Right as it sank in that he was bleeding, you should have punched him in the face.

**Tonuzaba** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 11:57am

Originally Posted by Olorin

I have always just used a traditional Arkansas stone and honing oil.

Hey Tonu, you should try it out and let us know if it works.

My first attempt to sharpen my Tom Brown Tracker and Smersh 4 failed miserably.
But I'm not giving up and decided to repeat my attempts until victory.

**vigilus** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 12:03pm

When I got my tracker it said that I can send it back to them to get sharpened. I use it now for a not of hacking and shopping so I'm not too worried over a razor edge.

My cut my seatbelt before I burn to death tanto can can be used to shave however.

Heres a question, my new seal pub has a serrated edge on it. How does one sharpen those?

SFGoon, I just couldnt bring myself to put the Burka on the old lady, their creepy.

**hungryjoe** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 12:19pm

Originally Posted by GuiltySpark

When I got my tracker it said that I can send it back to them to get sharpened. I use it now for a not of hacking and shopping so I'm not too worried over a razor edge.

My cut my seatbelt before I burn to death tanto can can be used to shave however.

Heres a question, my new seal pub has a serrated edge on it. How does one sharpen those?

SFGoon, I just couldnt bring myself to put the Burka on the old lady, their creepy.

Sharpen on one side only.

**Olorin** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 9:25pm

Originally Posted by Tonuzaba

But I'm not giving up and decided to repeat my attempts until victory.

Ya it might take some getting used to. I happen to like sharping my knives, I find it soothing.

**hungryjoe** · Posted On: 6/22/2007 10:14pm

The key to sharpening with a stone is to keep a consistent angle throughout the length of the blade.

Degree of angle depends on your intended use.

Same goes for blade material/hardness.

I'm with Olorin in that I get satisfaction from maintaining a sharp edge. This takes little time if you sharpen often.

**Senshi** · Posted On: 6/23/2007 12:26am

Originally Posted by Plasma

This is the best sharpener set I ever used

http://www.knifeoutlet.com/shop/10Ex...tCode=SHSPY204

You can sharpen knives to razor edge and even sharpen razor blades (in case you go all emo)

I have one of these, a great sharpening kit