Best way to sharpen a Spyderco

[Cybeq]

I've carried my Spyderco Delica daily now for 6 years and it has been a great knife but I've never been able to find a good way to sharpen those serrations. Any suggestions?

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"Little strokes fell great oaks." --Benjamin Franklin

 

[Dexter Ewing]

Cybeq - the best sharpener to use for serrations is the Sharpmaker. I've tried just about every serration sharpener out there and found out that the Sharpmaker produces the best results in a minimal amount of time, effort, and mess.

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Dexter Ewing
Knife Reviews Moderator

"The keystroke is mightier than the sword"

 

[Kodiak PA]

Not that Dexter needs someone to back him up but I agree, the Spyderco Sharpmaker is the easiest sharpening system I have ever used and it's easy as pie.

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~Greg~

 

[Titan]

Folks -- as an economical alternative to the Sharpmaker, do you think the GATCO TRI-SEPS ($7 retail) would sharpen a serrated Spydie passably? Anyone owns one?

 

[Dexter Ewing]

Hi Titan - Seems like this would work as long as you can keep it stable. The hone itself, I believe, is made by Spyderco for GATCO. Definitely more portable than a Sharpmaker.

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Dexter Ewing
Knife Reviews Moderator

"The keystroke is mightier than the sword"

 

[Donald]

I read a favorite review of the Gatco Tri-Seps, but have never found one locally, here in Miami, FL. I may have seen it on the web, but probably did not want to pay shipping if I did not have something else I was ordering.....or spent so much I did not look for anything else to order.

I have seen an advertisement by a subsequent product that looks very similar.

I would be curious if the Gatco is made by Spyderco and with the same grit as the same colored stone in the sharpmaker. Then one would know where it fit into the spectrum if you use a sharpmaker at home and a Tri-Seps in the field. (I plan on using the Sharpmaker at home--mine and others--when the 204 arrives!

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I would also like to know the grits of the stones that come with the new Sharpmaker 204, incuding the approximate abrasive numbers so that I can relate them to other sharpeners I use. For example see the table at
http://www.ameritech.net/users/knives/grits.htm

 

[Outlaw_Dogboy]

My experience (after trying many methods/products/etc) is that the Sharpmaker is the best one for the money, maybe the best one...PERIOD. Mine is worth the money I paid for it.

O_D

 

[Slish]

I just recently purchased a Sharpmaker, as I was dissatisfied with how the serrations came out using my Lansky. I have to say I was a little skeptical about not having the knife / sharpener angle held consistently, BUT... after using it on different types of edges (both serrated and plain, straight and curved edges) I have to say I AM IMPRESSED.

I never felt the Lansky could match the factory edge on my Spydercos or my Cold Steel Voyager. If anything, I think the edges after using the Sharpmaker are so close to factory (or better than factory) that I can't tell the difference.

Sharpmaker has my vote!

 

[Cybeq]

Thanks for the replies. I think I see a Sharpmaker in the near future.

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"Little strokes fell great oaks." --Benjamin Franklin

 

[Heyns van der Merwe]

I own both the Lansky and Sharpmaker (203) sharpening systems. I suppose it's all in the way that you USE the systems, that determine your success. I happen to be suffering with the Sharpmaker, while sharpening serrations with the Lansky, seems to be working nicely!

I suppose that I will just have to get the NEW Sharpmaker and the accompanying video to see how the knowledgeable Spydiegurus use it!

Also, I tend to be just a bit of a perfectionist. I have found that the Sharpmaker tend to "smooth" the well-defined factory serrations and make them "wavy", and this I DON'T LIKE! Well, it must be the way that I use it...