A sharpener for many

rayfieldclement · Apr 7, 2012

Try a Chef's Choice
Model 436-3

It is a diamond sharpener that worked on my kitchen knives. I have had several sharpeners like a Eze-lap model M and the Croc Stic and a dog bone sharpener.
My Chef's choice works the best I think and it is a diamond sharpener with a ceramic hone as well. It sharpenes standard and serrated blades the angles it sharpenes are 15 and 20 degrees. They MIGHT be hard to find!

paper hat · Apr 7, 2012

get a pull thru sharpener whiel your at it.

crunch9876 · Apr 8, 2012

How is this better than a spyderco sharp maker?

Talley1013 · Apr 8, 2012

Seriously???

rayfieldclement · Apr 15, 2012

crunch9876 said:
How is this better than a spyderco sharp maker?

It is better for the casual sharpener who may not sharpen knives at all. It is possibly better for people physically disabled and possibly for the person who is looking for a cheaper sharpener. Don't you have to wash a sharpmakers rods off or use a eraser block.

SirJames · Apr 16, 2012

Talley1013 said:
Seriously???

Yes! I picked an unused one up at a thrift store for $1.99 so I had nothing to lose. I looked at it in the store and liked what I saw. The problem with most pull-through sharpeners is that they used cross sticks so at the start and the end only one stick is touching the edge, this is no good for the point.

My 450 is like two (per stage with two stages) diamond plates that are always in contact with the blade. The other problem with the cross stick sharpeners is that the tip often hits the plastic case on each stroke. With the 450's 1.5" plates you can pull up to sharpen the tip and clear the sharpener without ever contacting the plastic housing.

For a guy with no skill using regular stones, I was able to put a very good edge on two Griptillians today.

Shadow213 · Apr 16, 2012

rayfieldclement said:
It is better for the casual sharpener who may not sharpen knives at all. It is possibly better for people physically disabled and possibly for the person who is looking for a cheaper sharpener. Don't you have to wash a sharpmakers rods off or use a eraser block.

All stones/sharpeners need to be cleaned off sooner or later, depending on use, even diamonds need to be rinsed off when they get overloaded.

Komitadjie · Apr 16, 2012

Ouch, those things devastate blades. If you have bolsters, you WILL end up with an unintended recurve in about two sharpenings if you don't already, and it takes the tip off of pretty much anything you'd think about sharpening with it. Plus, it can't get the back section of most blades at all. I think I'd use the sidewalk first, it'd damage the blade less.

ConBon · Apr 16, 2012

Komitadjie said:
Ouch, those things devastate blades. If you have bolsters, you WILL end up with an unintended recurve in about two sharpenings if you don't already, and it takes the tip off of pretty much anything you'd think about sharpening with it. Plus, it can't get the back section of most blades at all. I think I'd use the sidewalk first, it'd damage the blade less.

Harsh but true. Buy ssome stones off of fleabay or the fleamarket, clean them up if you need to, and keep at it to develop a sharpening skill that you can apply to any blade with any medium.