Best Sharpener for ATS-34 steel....

Fireshaker

Fireshaker

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Anyone have suggestions? My friend wants a plain edge gerber ez-out ATS-34 Stainless steel knife and needs a good sharpener thats easy to use, and reliable. Thanks for your help. -Fireshaker
 
The Spyderco Sharpmaker 204 can basically sharpen ANYTHING with an edge. I don't think that you would have any problem sharpening that ATS-34. ;)
 
Sharpmaker works great on most of my knives and puts a terrific edge on my ATS34 EZ-Out.
 
I would go with the 204, thats what i started with, easy to use, can sharpen anything, and its fast.
 
The 204 is good but for something on the go the Gatco Tri-seps works well...fits nicely on a keychain...
 
Yeah the Spyderco Sharpmaker is good. The Gatco's aren't too bad also. I haven't actually tried one out but I've heard that Lansky is also pretty good.
 
I think a good Arkanese stone is simply good for anything. Rub about your blade with a little bit of water on the stone. Once a "paste" is form, "massage" your blade with it, the outcome is simply gorgeous!

By the way, I have some experience (but bad one) on a diamond sharpener too. It works, but it does not last. All I have left with is simply a perfectly smooth piece of iron in front of me, can hardly sharpen even my own finger nails! I am not too sure whether this would happen to all other brand names, but call me Mr. Old Fashion or what, I will stick to my Arkanese stone from now on!
 
Spyderco Sharpmaker if you're new to sharpening, as it's pretty much foolproof, and gives great results.

Smith's Tri-Hone if you have experience with a bench stone type of sharpener. This implement has 3 different hones; coarse, medium, and fine.
 
Arkansas stones are a natural sharpening stone. They are mined and then cut to shape, and lapped flat. They eventually dish out from use, but you can fix that w/ a peice of 220 grit wet/dry sandpaper and a piece of glass or other flat surface. They dont cut as fast as some of the man made ceramic or diamond stones, but they will give a sharp edge. They are getting rare, as the mines are being depleted, but you can find them at a Granger Industrial supply or I believe knifecenter.com has them.
 
Elwin, I'm not sure Jin is talking about the same thing. I suppose "Arkanese" could be slang or a misspell, but I've never had one that you could work-up a paste on. Just thought it might be something new.

Thanks for the tip on the 220 paper on glass, though. It works like a champ.
 
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