benchmade griptillian sharpening

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skylerwebb14

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I know that its been awhile since I have posted and since then I have taken a lot of time to work on my free hand sharpening and I have seem to have gotten the hang of it, except for my benchmade griptillian. no matter how much I work on it I can not seem to get this thing sharp! I have a aluminum oxide stone that is two sided and a idahone ceramic rod system as well as a shrade honesteel and I have spent literally hours on this thing and it doesn't seem to have changed at all any pointers?
 
I had a Benchmade 530 that was a sharpening nightmare, I ultimately reground the blade. In your case, you could try raising the edge angle until you apex the edge or regrind the edge to the angle you are trying to sharpen at.
 
Have you marked the edge with a Sharpie so you can see where you're hitting with the rods or stones? If not, try that. You may not be sharpening along the whole bevel down to the edge.
 
Benchmade is close by, lifesharp is a possibility. Ben Dale is also close by, I know he does demonstration edges.

Sharpie the edge, slowly work the sharpie off, rinse and repeat. When I was new to stones I'd seriously thin out the blade behind the edge so it would be easier to sharpen at the edge.

Dunno what you know about angles and apexes, so it's impossible to give anything but general advice.

Flatten your stones, use sharpie on the edge and practice away.
 
when I look with a magnifying glass it all looks even and I use the coarse stone for 95 percent of the work and I just cannot get that edge to go down at all ill work and work and work at it and then go through the steps with the other stones and hope at the end it will have atleast a decent edge on it but to no avail. stropping and everything. I think I just need to get new stones and a better system :/
 
skylerwebb14 said:
I know that its been awhile since I have posted and since then I have taken a lot of time to work on my free hand sharpening and I have seem to have gotten the hang of it, except for my benchmade griptillian. no matter how much I work on it I can not seem to get this thing sharp! I have a aluminum oxide stone that is two sided and a idahone ceramic rod system as well as a shrade honesteel and I have spent literally hours on this thing and it doesn't seem to have changed at all any pointers?
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Use a Sharpie, and try oil on the aluminum oxide stone if you aren't already. Regular grocery store mineral oil works fine. Your stone might be plugging up or glazing and that will not only slow grinding way down, but will effect how cleanly the stone grinds as well.
 
That's the first mistake, why change stones and strops when you aren't leaving the stone with an apexed edge off of the coarse stone?

Flatten your stone, work the edge until you get a burr. Remove the burr and move to the next stone, then repeat until you have the grit you finish at.
 
Some stones I've had were packed in grease so thick adding oil did nothing, this is before I knew about boiling. Those stones glazed and loaded like crazy. If you haven't oiled your stone yet, try water first.
 
I do that and with all my other knifes it works, the burr forms I switch sides work the burr off and give it a couple back and forth strokes on each side to even it up and I move on but I honestly I can barely get a burr to form on this knife
 
and there is no glaze on my stones I checked for that first I swear the stone is wearing down way fast since I have been working on this knife. I wonder if its just my stone vs steel quality difference? there is dust on the table for sure by the time I put the knife down for the night
 
skylerwebb14 said:
and there is no glaze on my stones I checked for that first I swear the stone is wearing down way fast since I have been working on this knife. I wonder if its just my stone vs steel quality difference? there is dust on the table for sure by the time I put the knife down for the night
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Is entirely possible. An inexpensive silicon carbide stone at ACE or Home Depot will handle pretty much any steel, some of the cheaper aluminum oxide stones can have trouble with tougher steel. It should be able to tackle it, but a silicon carbide stone is for sure.

There is no substitute for oil on an oil stone. Water can keep the stone from plugging somewhat and adding some soap to it will help even more, but oil actually floats the debris off the surface. Either way, some form of lube should be considered mandatory.
 
that must be it then. I got my stones out of a bargain bin at the local napa store and they are aluminum oxide and up until now they have done a good job, I guess ill have to try some sort of oil tonight when I get home and if that doesn't work then just hold off til I can afford some dmt diafolds
 
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