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Byrd Duckfoot
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We should probably move this to Maintenance where we discusss sharpening.
Let me tell you, I started sharpening seriously a few years ago, when I got a Sharpmaker. It's a great system, the instructions that come with it are a revelation in themselves, and I got consistent results on all kinds of knives. Also scissors, potato peelers, and nailclippers!
I also learned to sharpen. It is more understanding than anything else, you have to know what goes on at the edge of the knife that makes it different kinds of sharp. Working with the Sharpmaker teaches you about this as you use it.
So tonight, I dug out a tiny stainless steel cleaver from the back of the utensil drawer. Cheap, barely useful, came with a cheese collection on a small cutting board years ago. Never took much of an edge.
I sharpened it on a flat fine diamond benchstone to a convex edge: something I never knew existed until recently, and here I was using a marginally appropriate medium and achieving impressive results. It's not the tools, it's the technique, the knowledge you develop.
I was thinking about the Duckfoot myself. But I've got other tools that are just as portable and I know how to use them already. I'm sure it's worth the money. Sal Glesser began Spyderco by marketing the Sharpmaker; the knives came later. He knows sharpening equipment. I'm not sure the Duckfoot is as good a way to learn to sharpen as the Sharpmaker, though.
Let me tell you, I started sharpening seriously a few years ago, when I got a Sharpmaker. It's a great system, the instructions that come with it are a revelation in themselves, and I got consistent results on all kinds of knives. Also scissors, potato peelers, and nailclippers!
I also learned to sharpen. It is more understanding than anything else, you have to know what goes on at the edge of the knife that makes it different kinds of sharp. Working with the Sharpmaker teaches you about this as you use it.
So tonight, I dug out a tiny stainless steel cleaver from the back of the utensil drawer. Cheap, barely useful, came with a cheese collection on a small cutting board years ago. Never took much of an edge.
I sharpened it on a flat fine diamond benchstone to a convex edge: something I never knew existed until recently, and here I was using a marginally appropriate medium and achieving impressive results. It's not the tools, it's the technique, the knowledge you develop.
I was thinking about the Duckfoot myself. But I've got other tools that are just as portable and I know how to use them already. I'm sure it's worth the money. Sal Glesser began Spyderco by marketing the Sharpmaker; the knives came later. He knows sharpening equipment. I'm not sure the Duckfoot is as good a way to learn to sharpen as the Sharpmaker, though.
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+1 for the sharpmaker as a beginner's sharpening tool, it's easy to use, gives good results, and the stones can still be used without the angle system when you learn free hand techniques.
You can also get the Duckfoot for coarse sharpening, but if you want a nice almost polished edge, the sharpmaker is the perfect tool for sharpening beginners.
You can also get the Duckfoot for coarse sharpening, but if you want a nice almost polished edge, the sharpmaker is the perfect tool for sharpening beginners.
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+1 for the SM but I'd also give a vote to the DMT Magna Guide as well. It's remarkably easy to use, inexpensive, portable, sharpens a dull blade fast, diamond stones on a diafold paddle in 2 grits, easily regrinds a blade to a new sharper edge profile. The SM excels at maintaining blade edges, not resharpening an already dull blunt edge because the hones don't have much bite to them, especially on many of the harder premium steels currently available. They will do the job but will take a lot longer to get there. Do some research before you make your purchase above all.
Just my $.02.
Good luck.
NJ
Just my $.02.
Good luck.
NJ