Best "Rat tail" Tapered Sharpening Rod for Serrations?.

^^Those Lansky instructions make more sense to me. I've noticed it's very easy to burr or round over the edge, if attempting to move the rod 'away' from the edge (per the video); as the stroke extends further past the edge, there's a tendency for the rod to 'tip over' the edge, increasing the angle and raising a burr almost immediately, or at least rounding off the apex. Lansky's instruction to pull the rod into the edge makes it easier to keep the rod's angle where it needs to be (for me, anyway). Lansky's suggested method for de-burring the backside of the edge makes a LOT more sense; the method suggested in the earlier Schrade video still confounds me.


David
 
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When the time comes to sharpen the serrated blade on the Rebar, I'll probably use a C-clamp to hold it in place using a towel or cloth. Putting electrical tape on the contact points to protect it from scratching. I'm right handed and the serrations on the blade are also on the right side. So when I hold the Rebar with my left hand, the cutting edge is toward me, instead of away from me. I'm not going to lie, my hands are a little shaky when it comes to doing things that require precision.

 
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Here's some more pictures for you guys. In the second picture, those are just cloth fibers in the scallops. I'm gonna practice on some old kitchen knives first, such as a bread knife and use the sharpie trick.









 
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