Buck Honemaster

[tinfoil hat timmy]

I was instructed to jump on one if I ever found one for sale. I snagged one off of the fleebay. Just curious what to expect from it.

Thanks and Merry CHRISTmas!

 

[David Martin]

tin timmy, welcome. If your speaking of Buck's model 137 Steel Master? They were offered with a coarser side and fine side steel & a handle with a lock. It came with a slant top pouch leather sheath. They work and are not so common. DM

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

I believe it is a Buck Honemaster 136. It's a clip on guide of sorts.

 

[David Martin]

Yes, Buck mfg. that. Users say they work. It clamps on to the spine of the blade and you use it on a stone in regular edge leading sharpening strokes. There is 2 different stampings on them and different colored boxes. Good luck in your search. DM

 

[screened porch]

I had one my Dad threw out in a fit of tidying up the work bench. I had to admit I didn't use it so it might as well go.
My problems, as I recall, were that it wanted too steep a bevel for my tastes, it needed a very long stone, it would have to be moved along the blade unless you had a tremendously wide stone, and I couldn't see how it could work on the curve to the point.

 

[David Martin]

You could run it with a same thickness, short board butted against the stone. Then to work the curve of the blade, required a little lifting of the knife handle with a sweep. Yes, the angle it gave was rather steep, 19-20*. Still, they allow you a way to obtain a sharp blade. The device came with a rubber insert for the clamp to grip the blade. By using this on only one side during sharping this allowed about a 2* finer adjustment. So, now were putting a 17-18* angle on the blade and this is a decent angle for a general use blade.
DM

 

[Alberta Ed]

I bought one (new) 25 or so years ago; works great for re-beveling an edge. It allows some latitude of angle by where you clamp it to the blade. l wish Buck would bring them back.