Best serated sharpener?.

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Whats a good serated knife sharpener i just got a Rukus and they sent the wrong knife a serated and ive zero experience shapening serated blades.
I was looking at the DMT folding serated shapener but is there better options?.
What do you use find best?.
 
The DMT shouldn't be too bad.

I use Spyderco Profile sharpeners for most of may touch-up sharpening. The multitude of radiused surfaces work well for serrated edges.
 
I really don't think there are really any big differences or advantages of one over another. Your only real options are diamond or ceramic as far as I know of.
 
Serrations are about the only thing I use my SharpMaker for. Using the Byrd Duckfoot and SharpMaker in tandem, I have restored some completely trashed serrations, including some I had clobbered up trying to sharpen freehand with the DMT serration sharpener and Pro-Files :o
 
yablanowitz said:
Serrations are about the only thing I use my SharpMaker for. Using the Byrd Duckfoot and SharpMaker in tandem, I have restored some completely trashed serrations, including some I had clobbered up trying to sharpen freehand with the DMT serration sharpener and Pro-Files :o
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Do you use it the sharpmaker like spyderco sugest?.
I dont want to ruin and ware away the serations slowly id use diamonds to get it done quickly if i chose to do that which by using the sharpmaker as described id asume i would.
Or do you use the corners and hand file each seration ?.As the small serations dont fit into the sharpmaker rod there too small on this blade.
I ordered a taper DMT anyway as it looks less likley to ruin the srations but whats the best way to use it?.
I read press quite hard and run it up and down create a burr then remove it with the taper.
I was thinking just using a downward push just incase the file blunts the sreation on the way back up making it harder to raise a burr and using sandpaper/mouse pad to remove the burr.
Its a good knife so i dont want to ruin it even though i hate serations i need to try and get this right.
Also has anyone hear removed the serations on a partialy serated knife?.
I would even prefer that a half chisel ground instead but is it possible without running a good chance of wasteing a good blade?.
 
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I use the SharpMaker pretty much the way the video shows, and the Duckfoot about the same way. I do ten to twenty strokes on the bevel side for every one stroke on the flat side. I also alternate between a heel to tip draw stroke and a tip to heel push stroke to keep the sides of the points sharpened evenly. Use very light pressure so the edge rides along the stone, in and out of the scallops.

Before I tried this, I worried that the SharpMaker would round off the points. After getting an old serrated Police that was dull and had the points rounded off anyway, I found the opposite to be true. The points were the last part to get sharpened, and they are much more pointed now than they were when I started.

Once again, on the DMT serration sharpener, USE VERY LIGHT PRESSURE when sharpening. Heavy pressure will rock the diamonds, causing them to cut their way out of the nickel matrix used to secure them to the steel rod. Before long, you have a smooth steel instead of a diamond hone (voice of experience speaking). Those diamonds are the hardest material we have, and they will abrade the hardest steel with the lightest contact. Let them do the work. It may take a bit longer, but the hones will last virtually forever if you do.

I have turned a part serrated Benchmade 705 into a plain edge recurve, but the formerly serrated section is now V grind rather than chisel grind. It isn't real pretty, but than that knife wasn't real pretty when I got it. That is the problem with removing serrations, you either have to remove a lot of the plain edge as well, or the serrated section ends up being recessed.
 
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i use either a sharpmaker or a DMT folding serration sharpener, depending on the serrations, i dont think either one is just wonderfull at the job, a few nites ago i redid a spyderco kitchen knife that was really dull and it was a PITA for sure lol, i suppose of the 2 the SM is a little better, but i wasnt real impressed with either, though they will do the job, with a little (lot??) time lol.

you have to be real careful how the stones ride in the serrations, and go from serration to serration to serration, & this was ~ a 6" blade knife so man there was a lot of serrations lol wasnt like say a police or something shorter.

but it did the job.

i dont suppose there is a easy way to do 'em.

the only pro was this was the 1st time i have had to sharpen the thing i got it in '06 so i guess i shouldnt gripe.
 
GarageBoy said:
The corner of the sharpmaker rods should fit BM serrations
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The small ones dont just the larger teeth on the 615 anyway.
Thanks for the info on this.Its only about a inch and a half worth of serations to sharpen thank f**k.
 
A simple trick for serrated knives is to use a series of waterstone, just as you would with any other knife with the following modifications.

Use the back side of the stone that yoy don't use. Hopefully the edges haven't been rounded off. Now hold the serrated edge against the stone at the angle you want to sharpen, just as you would any other knife.

Now tilt the knife so that the knife edge is ONLY touching along the edge rather than the whole surface. The angle that the knife makes should remain unchanged, but again touching at this one point.

Sharpen the knife normally, maintaining the angle going the length of the blade, letting the stone edge track the serrations.

When you are done, do the opposite side enough to reduce burr, holding the blade flat to the stone and raining it just enough to not scratcch the back side of the knife.

There's no reason not to be able to make the serrated knife edges as sharp as your other knife edges using this technique IF the serrations are of the 'wavy' type as oppossed to the saw tooth types. This would include Guede, Mac and Shun serrated knives. For saw type edges, a Japanese sharpening file would be more appropriate.

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I just got the DMT SS and its perfect as good as any method of sharpening ive used.
Can be used by a complete novice out the packet.
I had several od kitchen knifes that i resharpened in no time then i sharpened my 615 after ive been abusing it on purpose for the last week or so.
It didnt just bring them back to life they are sharper than out of the box something i was lead to believe almost imposible.Rember ive never even used one of these before.
I know the sharpmaker is the best sharpener period in most peoples opinion but it has its week points as well like serations and edge reprofiling etc.
Considering it also doubles as a pocket steel when out in the field its a bargain and a worthy addition to the sharpmaker IMO.
 
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