Dear knife sharpener Companies......

[TwinStick]

Can someone PLEASE make a knife sharpener that easily accommodates 1/4" & 3/8" thick spines ? Seriously, you would think someone would make a quality, hand operated, angle adjustable sharpener for big honkin' hard use outdoor chopper blades, that is stable and won't fall over with knife installed & has repeatable results. Some company needs to step up. They sure sell a lot of thick spine knives but I have never seen a knife sharpener specifically for sharpening them.

My Tormek T4 works great if it is a normal blade but not so much on bolo style & odd shaped blades. I have a Gatco diamond sharpening system but it struggles with thick spines. Probably just wishful thinking.

 

[Bill3152]

Belt grinder with an angle guide. Boom!

 

[DavidABQ]

Benchstones will accommodate blade spines of both 1/4" and 3/8" with ease!

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

harbor freight 1x30 is what I've surrendered my fatties to. they work awesome with practice.

 

[Ourorboros]

Benchstones, puck, file, lawn and garden stone.
These things have handled every blade known to man.

 

[DeadboxHero]

Can someone PLEASE make a knife sharpener that easily accommodates 1/4" & 3/8" thick spines ? Seriously, you would think someone would make a quality, hand operated, angle adjustable sharpener for big honkin' hard use outdoor chopper blades, that is stable and won't fall over with knife installed & has repeatable results. Some company needs to step up. They sure sell a lot of thick spine knives but I have never seen a knife sharpener specifically for sharpening them.

My Tormek T4 works great if it is a normal blade but not so much on bolo style & odd shaped blades. I have a Gatco diamond sharpening system but it struggles with thick spines. Probably just wishful thinking.

Dear Knife Consumer, what you're looking for is freehand sharpening

 

[soc_monki]

Dear Knife Consumer, what you're looking for is freehand sharpening

I went freehand because I was tired of setting up equipment, tired of dealing with equipment that couldn't really hold a full flat ground blade, and equipment that didn't like to work with thicker knives. Systems work for some, but there is something awesome about just being able to pull out a stone, touch up your knife, and go back to work in about 30 seconds.

 

[kreisler]

if de blade is thick, heavy, big, i'd use edge-following sharpening movements (not edge-trailing, not edge-leading).

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Not sure if the same applies to what you're using. But when I used a Lansky clamp for sharpening with guided hones, I traded out the two screws in the clamp for longer versions. Both of them were in commonly available thread & pitch sizes - I found adequate longer versions at the home center. So, with longer screws, the clamp opens up wider and therefore is better able to handle thicker blades.

Of course as already mentioned, freehand sharpening cures a lot of things. All the clamps & guides and other guided hardware fussiness eventually drove me to freehand. I was planning on going that way anyway. But the extra hardware hassles just prodded me along a little faster. I made the jump to freedom after I started noticing all the 'gear' was getting in my way and holding me back.