Belt Sander ( for knife sharpening )

[wacki]

Belt sanders for knife sharpening.

What's the forum favorites?

 

[Grease]

I hope you mean grinding a bevel on a knife blank... I don't even want to know how screwed up a knife would need to be, to need a belt sander to fix it

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

1x42 Kalamazoo with sharpening belts from Lee Valley. Great for rapidly thinning edges and putting an edge on large blades like machetes.

 

[wacki]

I hope you mean grinding a bevel on a knife blank... I don't even want to know how screwed up a knife would need to be, to need a belt sander to fix it

Nope... from another thread:

If you are going to be investing money into stones another option, for around the same amount of cash, would be a belt sander. That is if you want to convex your edges. My impression is that many here start with various stones or the sharpmaker and end up purchasing a belt sander after being here some time.

 

[richstag]

1x42 Kalamazoo with sharpening belts from Lee Valley. Great for rapidly thinning edges and putting an edge on large blades like machetes.

+100

You can do a lot with this girnder.

I have been using it for years now.

 

[Mr. Chips]

I have been modifying and sharpening pocket knives for whittlin' (providing them to literally hundreds of students), for several years. The primary tool that I have used for this has been a 4x36 belt sander with 80, 120 and 400 grit belts.

The addition of paper wheels finishes the job.

If not quite so much production is necessary, an India stone and a leather or denim strop with green compound ( or the cream compound that I use but is not really available for sale), will finish things up.