Another sharpening idea.

[Chang]

I thought I'd share this idea I came up with recently. When sharpening folders freehand on benchstones, you can fold it halfway and use the handle against the table as a angle guide.

If the angle is too low, you can just stack stuff under the benchstone to elevate it, and that will raise the angle. Stick bigger stuff under the sharpening stone to raise the angle more dramatically.

Chang

 

[Knife Fumbler]

Hey nice idea Comrade.
too bad it doesn't help with sharpening the curved part of the blade

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[knifenerd]

Neat idea, Chang. The inventiveness of the knife community never ceases to amaze me.

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[Aphthartos]

Very interesting idea.

Might work pretty darn well for a tanto blade...

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

What knife is that?

And you should get patent of that idea!

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[James Healy]

Chris, unless i'm very much mistaken, that's an opinel. Not sure what number (size).

James

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[roguesoul]

I cut angles in a piece of wood which match
the angles on a shapmaker. Then just lay a
course benchstone against the wood.


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[MAURICE]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Chris Anagarika:
What knife is that?

And you should get patent of that idea!

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Chris,
that is an opinel.
looks like a #8...am i right,eric?
anyway-they're made in france,have a wooden handle and a rotating barrel type device to lock them. carbon steel,and take an incredible edge. when it does go dull the edge pops right back.
the good thing is the price, i got two from bayou lafourche knives for 20 us dollars shipped.

as far as sharpening goes,it looks like a pretty good idea,but i use an ag rusell ceramic rod sharpener,works wonders on the steel.

 

[Chang]

Fumbler: It works on the curved portion. On the straight portion, lets say the angle is 20-degrees. The angle on the curved portion might gradually drop from 20 to 18-degrees at the tip, but it still will sharpen it. Just make if you can the handle pointing parallel to the stone that you keep the handle direction that way. The sharpening stroke on the blade is actually sort of diagonal, but keep the handle direction in relation to the stone the way way.

Chris: Can't get a patent on it, because there is no jig or device. It's just a technique. Just like you can't patent free-hand sharpening.

Chris, Mo, James: Mo and James, you're right, it's a French made Opinel pocket knife. But it's a #6. Incredible deal for a more traditional style of pocket knife. Wood handle is comfortable, and the design is beautifully simple and inexpensive for them to produce. The steel is a simple carbon steel that takes a great edge and strops back to razor sharpness easily.

Roguesoul: I never owned a sharpmaker, but I used to use a textbook, open the front cover up. Rest the sharpenings stones on the inside of the front cover. Raise the angle by propping stuff under the rest of the textbook. Then you'd just have to hold the blade horizontally.

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

Then it is a copyright ..