Benchmade S30V Sharpening

Bob Denman

Bob Denman

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So I finally had a couple (actually 4) of my S30V-equipped Benchmades get enough miles on them; to require some touch-up work on their edges.
I was all set to drag out the "heavy hardware", and start setting angles, and clamping blades...
Just for fun: I decided to grab my 14" F. Dick (😁) honesteel, and gave it a shot.
It turned out that I needed less than a dozen strokes for each blade, and I ran out of forearm hair for shaving!
So now I'm almost hoping for some S90V knives to start showing some weariness: that steel rocks!! 👍
 
soc_monki said:
Lately I've been using my 220 grit dmt stone on my high vanadium steels (s30, s90) and I really enjoy the coarse, very sharp edge. Goes through paper towel cleanly like it's not even there. Works great for me. This is on Spyderco and Benchmade knives.
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I've found the same for my high carbide content steels, S30V, S35Vn, S110V, V3, M4 (even D2) -- create a burr with the extra coarse, but then I finish with a few light strokes on the DMT extra fine.
 
ktataragasi said:
Agreed with the others. I don't go much above a 400 grit venev stone any more and I use a 16 micron strop for maintenance. Keeps them shaving even after some serious use.
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Dang 16 micron should do some work! I was looking for some aggressive stropping compound yesterday and had a hard time finding much above 5 or 6 micron. I ended up getting some 5 micron paste for a good deal and a couple balsa strops to make it a little more aggressive.
 
ktataragasi said:
Yeah it's awesome. It really changed how I deal with my knives. Bark river 16 micron cbn is fantastic. It's not cheap but it preforms great.
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Well son of a b, I might have ordered that yesterday if I would have known. I knew I should have made a post asking about it haha. Yea I bet that really does work good.
 
LimpCroissant said:
Well son of a b, I might have ordered that yesterday if I would have known. I knew I should have made a post asking about it haha. Yea I bet that really does work good.
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Don't worry about it too much. It's not a necessity but nice to have. Your 5 to 6 micron will still leave a nice edge with some subtle bite to it.
 
Benchmade is known for running their steel a little on the soft side so it isn’t surprising that your edge sharpened up easily.
 
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