Knife Sharpening.

[ZR6SGN]

Spyderco Sharpmaker is awesome.

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I also use it. It IS awesome.


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[grips]

My Dad used to be a knife collector. He taught me the art of knife sharpening. I have inherited all the sharpening equipment. Oil and Water stones, leather belt and everything to get a knife razor sharp.

My experience with this form of sharpening is that you wear the blade down ruining the knife.

Although not preferred by many I use my Lansky sharpening set from around 1988 when they become available in South Africa. Being a serious hunter and outdoorsman I frequently sharpen my three favorite knives with some over 20 years old. All of them still in a very good condition. I am sure that if I used other sharpening methods the blades would have been useless by now.

[Chris Stoffel]

I revisited this thread. If you wear the blade down with an oil stone then you have difficulty keeping the sharpening angle the same every time you sharpen. Or something like that?

[Ricof4e]

Oom Chris Stoffel, mens verleer net om jou lem skerp te maak as jy dit nie elke dag gebruik nie. Ek het gehoop dat oom se lem skerp sou wees na valentynsdag.

[Chris Stoffel]

Oom Chris Stoffel, mens verleer net om jou lem skerp te maak as jy dit nie elke dag gebruik nie. Ek het gehoop dat oom se lem skerp sou wees na valentynsdag.

Dit het maar slyp gekos maar hy is darrem nou so half skerp.

[icemanza]

How do you sharpen a knife that has half serrations? Like my CRKT which has a blade similar to the one below?

[Chris Stoffel]

How do you sharpen a knife that has half serrations? Like my CRKT which has a blade similar to the one below?

Google serrated blade sharpeners.

[icemanza]

Thanks Chris. So sharpen like normal and finish off with a kit like that?

[Chris Stoffel]

Ice, I have never sharpened a serrated knife. But the serrations should be sharpened separately, each serration on it's own with a round sharpener that fits perfectly. I guess a chainsaw file of the correct diameter will work?

[icemanza]

Thanks. Will go look for a kit today. I use my knife alot and the serrations work well with rope and stuff. But they are getting a bit dull now.

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[Paul#25]

Don't fall for a sale's pitch to use a triangular stone on serrations. It destroyes them by taking the points off each one.

[icemanza]

Good to know. Thanks Paul.

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