Best Steel / Sharpening System

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My EDC 154cm I have one (a custom) on order in ATS34

My question is since I'm not such a hot sharpener what is the best way to get the nics out of these blades?? I have a sharpmaker and it makes the knife sharp but it doesn't seem to fix the damaged spots.

How can I get better results? My BM I can send in but the custom, I'd better be able to sharpen!
 
Go ahead and get an Edge pro sharpener. Angle control is taken care of, and you get rapid, even results. Toothy or polished, you'll get whatever edge you want. Run a few searches on Edge pro and Apex to hear what folks say about it. By most reports, it is the best manual sharpener out there, and a great match-up with the Sharpmaker.
 
The only way to get rid of nicks in the blade is to put a new full edge on the knife which I wouldent recommend,you will be grinding away a lot of blade steel(equil to the depth of the nicks) to do this and shorten the life of the blade.

Dont worry about the nicks,eventually they will dissapear with repeated sharpenings.
 
Using a steel between sharpenings can realign the edge.
Frequently those nicks start out as rolled edges.
Steeling keeps the material in line and straight so when you sharpen you dont just grind off the rolled edge and end up with nicks.

Unfortunately you still have to maintain a constant angle and its kind of hard to steel shorter blades.
 
okay so now I show my sharpening ignorance...What is steeling and what do you use to do it? Not to mention how do you do it?
Pictures would be nice if you have them!

Thanks
 
I totally agree with Roadrunner, get the book "The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening" by John Juranitch and read it a couple of times. Read the sharpening FAQ here at BladeForums. Then read everything else you can think of related to sharpening here on BladeForums.

That is what I did, I spent hours combing this site. I read "The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening" several times. Then, after careful consideration I place an EdgePro (professional) on my Christmas list. I got really lucky, I actually got one as a present! I watched the video 2 times, read the manual 2 times....then set it up and started on our kitchen knives and my pocket knives. It is a beautifully machined piece of equipment that works.

My personal opinion is now....get an EdgePro (Apex or Professional) and maybe even a Spyderco Sharpmaker for quick touchups. Please note that angles between different sharpening systems may vary slightly. So if you get more than one system you will need to fine tune them to match, or you will not get very good results.

That's my very, very humble opinion.

Mike
 
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