A legitimate use for a kitchen knife sharpener?

L. Richard

L. Richard

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I got a Queen fixed blade hunting knife in D2 a few months ago. It was the dullest knife I've ever bought. I had been working on it (off and on) for several months with a coarse carborundum stone, without getting anywhere near a cutting edge. Finally, in desperation, I tried running it through the carbide notch in a Wusthof kitchen knife sharpener. The rods in the sharpener cross at 40 degrees. After about 5 minutes it was beginning to get an edge. I then switched to a Sharpmaker at the 40 degree setting. With a little more work I expect the knife to be quite sharp. If it hadn't been for that silly sharpener, I would either have given up on the knife, or else used a high speed grinding wheel (which I use for spades, axes, and mattocks) which might have done far more damage to the blade than the Wusthof sharpener.

Richard
 
D2 is very difficult to grind and it sounds like you were working at a different angle on the blade than the one which is ground. The kitchen sharpener was just at the right angle. Use the coarse stone to thin the edge back, press fairly hard on the stone and grind the edge at 15 degrees or so. If the stone is decent you should be able to regrind the edge in 5-10 minutes.

-Cliff
 
I just bought one of the Queen knives. All my edge needed was a touchup on a fine stone, and it's extremely sharp.
 
I have one of the queen fixed blades,and it had no edge to speek of when new,it took a couple of hours on a diamond steel and coarse carbide stone before I was happy with it.But after all is said and done it was worth the effort,best edge holding I've ever seen in a $40 knife.:thumbup:
 
Apparently, mine is not the same model. Retail is near $150.
 
l richard, have you ever seen the cardboard wheels before? i used to sharpen knives by hand for years and with a lansky type sharpener (ez sharp) until i went to a knife show with a friend who is a custom knifemaker. his friend was there sharpening knives with a set of these cardboard wheels and doing really dull knives in seconds compared to minutes or longer. stevebot, a member here sells the wheels at a discount to bladeforum members. i gave the ez sharp to my cousin and wouldnt give up my wheels for anything. i have used the wheels to sharpen d2, high speed tool steel and my knives that i make which rockwell between 60-65 c with no problems.
 
Thanks for the replies and tips. It's getting really sharp now, with only a 40 degree (inclusive) bevel. I may become a D2 believer.

Richard
 
Based on the posts I have read there is apparently a lot of variation in the out-of-the box sharpness of Queen knives.
 
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