Becker Necker Sharpening

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Does anyone know a good way to get the Becker Necker shaving sharp? Also what types of sharpening tools do most people use?
 
I'd post also in the tool shed, they might have more insight.

but I can say a diamond rod, or even a strop will get a shaving edge, if there is a good exisiting edge.
 
With the Necker, you probably want to find something small and portable for touch-ups. Diamond and Ceramic rods, dog bones, mini croc sticks should all work fine.
 
Mmmh, the Becker Necker is not any different than any other knife, so what works for others will work for the Necker.

To me the ideal minimal sharpening equipment consists of a coarse DMT stone, the Sharpmaker and a compound loaded strop. Depending what the factory angle is that the Necker came with, you might want to thin out the edge with the stone, after that the Sharpmaker will get it easily shaving sharp and the strop is just for the final touch.

If you want to get more fancy, there are a host of different things you can try: More stones than "you could shake a wooden spoon at", wet-dry sandpaper on mousepads for convexing, diamond powder, power-tools...... you name it.
 
Its Hard to go wrong with the spyderco Sharpmaker. There are others of similar design including a more compact version from AG russel
 
A Necker is a good knife to learn to sharpen on. The 1095 steel isn't hard to hone up, like stainless and tool steels can be. Mine came with nice, straight, clean grinds and bevels, too. So you shouldn't have to do a lot to it.
You can find more theories and techniques on sharpening around here than you can shake a crock-stick at :)
 
HoB said:
Mmmh, the Becker Necker is not any different than any other knife, so what works for others will work for the Necker.

To me the ideal minimal sharpening equipment consists of a coarse DMT stone, the Sharpmaker and a compound loaded strop. Depending what the factory angle is that the Necker came with, you might want to thin out the edge with the stone, after that the Sharpmaker will get it easily shaving sharp and the strop is just for the final touch.

If you want to get more fancy, there are a host of different things you can try: More stones than "you could shake a wooden spoon at", wet-dry sandpaper on mousepads for convexing, diamond powder, power-tools...... you name it.
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Well said. (typed)
 
It also took me an hour to get it sharp, but its still not shaving sharp. This is why im asking i wanted to know if anyone else had trouble?
 
well, I have trouble getting my bk7 shaving, but the edge wasn't the best on that. Although I can make it scrape hairs off, I dont see the need for a shaving sharp edge on a big knife, you just use it away anyways.

Mabye your not getting the angles correct, I dont know you, or if your used to sharping knives, but I know when I started doing my own sharpening, and re-grinding, I had alot of problems with keeping the angle steady. After a while though you get the hang of it. Also If you find sharpening free hand is too hard, buy a sharpmaker, or even a lansky system, they make short work o sharpneing a knife.
 
Well have you tried the blackmarker "trick", are you sure you are really sharpening the edge? That is usually the most common problem.
 
HoB, you mentioned the magic marker trick, please explain to me what that is? I don't believe I've ever heard it. Just used the hair on my arms as a guage of sharpness.
 
its not so much a measure of sharpeness, but it helps to find out if your actually hitting the edge while sharpening.
 
puukko said:
HoB, you mentioned the magic marker trick, please explain to me what that is? I don't believe I've ever heard it. Just used the hair on my arms as a guage of sharpness.
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The black marker trick is where you use a black permanent marker to mark up the edge of the blade so that when you sharpen, you can see what part of the blade you are sharpening by looking at where the black marker is being removed.
 
The marker trick is a good one. Get a good magnifying glass or something like a jewelers loupe if you want to check out what you are doing to a blade. I have a little plastic loupe I picked up for a few bucks that taught me loads about what was really going on. 12x is more than enough. Don't cut your face-- an old towel might save your nose. :eek:

A binocular microscope would really be cool.
 
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