Best guided sharpening system?

mlanghornes

mlanghornes

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Hi all, I've gotten to the point where I'm decent enough freehanding, but I'm looking for a sharpening system that gives me more consistent results, with less concentration. My knives are generally high-alloy steels (s110v, s35vn, cts-204p etc) so the system will have to be able to sharpen those relatively easily. I don't want to spend more than I have to, but I'm willing to spend what it takes to get something that will work well for a long time. Thanks in advance!

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I like the paper wheels, if you consider them "guided." They work well on s110v
 
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My vote is for any setup which uses the "Edge Pro style" stones on the aluminum backers. The one I recently designed and built consisting of 6061 t6 billet aluminum and 3/8" 15-5 stainless rod is the hands down winner obviously. (To me anyway). Honestly, you could fashion a setup like the Edge Pro with minimum effort. And you could do it for next to nothing. Mine cost less than $50. And as I said, it's constructed with billet aluminum and SS. Or you can drop $200-$500 on either an Edge Pro, or the Hapstone copycat. The important thing is the stones. Any system that allows an exact angle and using these stones is my choice.
 
For the money a lansky isnt bad.
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I have no issues with M390, S110V, S35vn...etc on my wicked edge. Can't beat it for repeat-ability.
 
mlanghornes said:
Hi all, I've gotten to the point where I'm decent enough freehanding, but I'm looking for a sharpening system that gives me more consistent results, with less concentration. My knives are generally high-alloy steels (s110v, s35vn, cts-204p etc) so the system will have to be able to sharpen those relatively easily. I don't want to spend more than I have to, but I'm willing to spend what it takes to get something that will work well for a long time. Thanks in advance!

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Spyderco Sharpmaker, easy, affordable, and portable with minimal fussing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB0r6GvESGg

For smaller angles than the Sharpmaker is setup for all you have to do is stick a wooden shim under the end of the Sharpmaker to reduce the sharpening angle, but I can't imagine why you would ever have to do this.

The originator of this Spyderco knife sharpener has probably sold and sharpened millions of knives and he made the Sharpmaker to be easy to use and yet result in a high quality cutting edge for your average knife and many other tools. Watch the videos, all four parts. You will learn about sharpening in general.
 
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There is no Best sharpening system. there are several types each with pro's and con's.

a tormek t7 can sharpen your knives in less than 5mins. an edge pro can sharpen any knife but also costs alot more than almost any system out there with all its addons and can take a long time to go through all the stones for a good mirror finish.

KME and edge pro are the middle ground price wise, one is clamp system and the other is not. each have pro's and con's. the Hapstone is an edge pro on steroids apparently.

then there's the new russian made Techstudio pro kit, which is pretty awesome aswell. its pretty expensive once you start adding everything you want, but cheaper than say an edge pro imho.

i would consider any one of these. what one is for you? you will have to try each one to see, only you can be the judge of what you like.
 
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