How To 110 on Sharpmaker?

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Mitch Taldison

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Guys when my new Buck 110 2019 model gets dull, I have a Spyderco Sharpmaker sharpener for sharpening back to a sharp sharpness sharply. The sharpener allows a 40° or 30° bevel but which one should I use for my Buck 110? I don’t want to much the edge. I tried doing a search and found nothing.

Thanks all!!
 
Buck uses a pretty thin angle at the factory so right out of the box I put a 20 degree micro bevel on them and it works great. The sharpmaker is the only sharpener I have so I rely on it for everything. It's one of the reasons I appreciate Buck's 420 so much....
 
Great question! Just this past Sunday i was wondering the same thing. I used the 40 degree option. Not sure if that’s right or not. Following this thread to learn for myself!
 
I like to sharpen on the sharpmaker. it's my favorite sharpening guided system. I use the 40 but the factory edge can be sometimes a bit wider than 40 inclusive on the microbevel. i use a sharpie and mark the microbevel and use the 40 side and see where the stones hit the edge. adjust your grip angle wider if needed. once youre too wide it's time to reprofile the primary bevel.

the 30 inclusive side is far too narrow for pretty much any factory or factory buck edge....to hit the microbevel. it's for the primary bevel, unless one reprofiles the primary bevel as the only bevel.
....and I use it for reprofiling only.
also has st8yd said read bucks site on sharpening. lots of good info there.
 
I usually go 30 inclusive and it works well for my uses. I’ve done 40, but for me it’s never really been necessary. 30 works well, gets razor sharp, and holds a nice edge for me :thumbsup:

ETA: I change the factory angle and don’t do a microbevel.
 
David Martin said:
How come one guy's Sharpmaker allows a 20* & 15* angle and the other guy allows a 10*? DM
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where do you see that said Sir?

I see someone said 20 microbevel but think hes saying 40 inclusive. 20 per side. not 10 per side.
 
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Post #1 says a 40* & 30*. Post #3 says a 20* micro. These angles are inclusive thus, this = 20*, 15* & a 10* per side.? Just the manner I was reading it. DM
 
I have found most of mine at 30, so thats mostly what i go with on all my knives. But i dont use a sharpmaker.
 
Thank you, J Hubbard!!! I used the 40degree option on my sharpmaker over the weekend. And my 501 got pretty sharp. Just went back and used the 30 degree option.... now it’s REALLY sharp!!!
 
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I use the "Plain Edge 40 Degree Angle" with my Sharpmaker and am happy with the results. Interesting to see that 30 degrees is recommended. Here is what the instructions say for the "Back Bevel 30 Degree Angle"...

Note: This step should only be used after steps #1-4 on the 40 degree angle have failed to produce the desired results. The 30 degree angle removes shoulders from oversharpened knives. Always follow with 40 degree angle sharpening (to avoid displacing too much metal).
 
wonder if buck isnt using a microbevel if the primary is 15+- or side range that steep. I wasnt aware of that and went right to microbeveling every knife. I'm good with the 40 inclusive microbevel, but I will be trying a new buck knife with factory edge at 30 inclusive soon enough. just cause I never have.
 
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30 degrees inclusive on the Sharp Maker works fine for me on my Bucks, though I do sometimes use the white stones and put a light 40 degree micro-bevel of the very edge for a little extra stability.
 
IIRC Edge 2000 was really just Buck moving from a 40* to a 30* bevel. Maybe there's more to it, but that was my take anyway. Buck learned a long while ago what another user (SharonSteelLabs I think) posted a few months back. Thin edges cut better, longer, than thick edges. That is, a 30* edge will always out cut a 40* edge; and a 30* edge looses it's relatively 'sharpness' less quickly than a 40* edge. It's not that the 30* edge doesn't get rolled, chipped, and abraded away, it's that even after it's rolled, chipped, and abraded away it's still cuts better than a thicker edge.

TAH said:
I use the "Plain Edge 40 Degree Angle" with my Sharpmaker and am happy with the results. Interesting to see that 30 degrees is recommended. Here is what the instructions say for the "Back Bevel 30 Degree Angle"...

Note: This step should only be used after steps #1-4 on the 40 degree angle have failed to produce the desired results. The 30 degree angle removes shoulders from oversharpened knives. Always follow with 40 degree angle sharpening (to avoid displacing too much metal).
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