Does anyone use the medium stone of their Sharpmaker for CRK sharpening......

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I read a couple of posts that a couple of guys made on the Spydie forum made about using the brown triangle stones on a SM to sharpen their knives.

I've been using the medium, brown, stones also. I like the edge, with a brown stone, better than the edge the fine stone gives an edge on my

CRK's and a few other knives also. I used it today on 1 large regular's...it shaves hair as well as or better than the fine stone IMO.

If you haven't used brown stone/stones for a final edge, try it you may like the results better than the fine stone.

Does anyone else use the medium stone instead of finishing up with the fine stone ?
 
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Ive been using a sharp maker for a few years, and i get somewhat decent results. I use the stones that come with it, and i also bought a set of fine and diamond. I havent used the diamond on any of my crks(yet)

What is the "brown stone?" The medium is the grey correct?
 
I finish on the flat white stones, I have the ultra fine but have not used them on my Sebenzas yet. I might give them a try hen I have to touch up the 25 I am EDCing.
 
It's a good point, I think the brown stone leaves the edge a little toothier. It could just be my technique but I find I need to go a little off centre to get a decent edge from the sharpmaker and when I do that I am relying on my eyes and hands to keep that angle consistent. I am sure if I owned a W/E and I could set the angle precisely rather than just eyeballing it and also keep the stone in contact with the steel a little more consistently down the edge, that I could get a better edge. Still, I can get it pretty sharp with the Sharpmaker.
 
DRK said:
It's a good point, I think the brown stone leaves the edge a little toothier. It could just be my technique but I find I need to go a little off centre to get a decent edge from the sharpmaker and when I do that I am relying on my eyes and hands to keep that angle consistent. I am sure if I owned a W/E and I could set the angle precisely rather than just eyeballing it and also keep the stone in contact with the steel a little more consistently down the edge, that I could get a better edge. Still, I can get it pretty sharp with the Sharpmaker.
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Those toothy edges have their place. I too have recently started to finush my edges on the Sharpmaker brown flats. I did some experimenting with cutting into tomatoes and found the brown stone edges were working better for me. I think for many EDC tasks toothy is a good choice.
 
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I prefer a more toothy edge for most cutting choirs. I also keep one that's been finished on the fine then ultra fine stones(or rods) just for kicks. Its fun to slice newspapers and such with a thin polished edge, but for most all other task I like a slightly toothy edge. A medium stone is all I've ever used on my butcher knives.
 
Are you guys referring to the grey medium stone when you speak of the "brown stone"? Or the carbonitride possibly?
 
The med grit gets even better after some use. They aren't that coarse compared to other med grit stones IMO.
What is the deal with the Carbonitride stones? What grit ?
 
lemmuhj said:
What is the "brown stone?" The medium is the grey correct?
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The stones that came with my SM are brown and white. My SM is about 4.5 years old, I've used it quite a bit.

The newer SM may have gray stones now instead of brown.
 
DRK said:
The colours of stones that came with my Sharpmaker where brown and white. Did you get a grey one in your set? Here is the one I own.

http://www.spyderco.ca/catalog/details.php?product=77
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clockman said:
The stones that came with my SM are brown and white. My SM is about 4.5 years old, I've used it quite a bit.

The newer SM may have gray stones now instead of brown.
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I picked up my sharpmaker a few months back and it came with grey (medium) and the fine white stones. They must have changed something but it works just fine! I was confused for a second there though.
 
I've looked around and the "grey and brown" are the same medium stones. Not sure why they're different in color?
 
I usually sharpen to 1000 on my wicked edge then add a microbevel with the brown stones because I like the bite it gives me.

Cutting fibrous material with a mirror polished edge isn't nearly as easy as with a toothy edge.
 
Been using for years on my Sebenza since Mr Reeve himself demoed (years ago - my Lg Regular) Sharpening on the Sharpmaker. For me even though the wht flat made the blade sharpest, I usually finish a full 25-30 strokes per side on Brn-stone Flat, followed by 10-15 per side on the wht pointed edge. For me this leaves the best user sharpening. Not quite hair-popping sharp, but will still be cutting paper/ plastic/ &wood great weeks later.

You milage may vary..
Mike B
 
That's from the factory. The small is actually sharp and won't need a new edge for awhile. The large is just dull and haven't gotten around to putting it on the WEPS as the stones need to break in a little bit more.
 
uofaengr said:
That's from the factory. The small is actually sharp and won't need a new edge for awhile. The large is just dull and haven't gotten around to putting it on the WEPS as the stones need to break in a little bit more.
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Oh, I thought you meant your angle was over 20 per side when you said it was to obtuse to use on a SM(max 20).
I was wondering why you would go over 20,lol. I didn't think you would.

The last one I had that got dull from the factory edge only took a few minutes to sharpen on the SM.
It surprised me a bit. I was going to get the stones out if it looked like it was turning into a job, but it only took a few.
 
I touched up my Large Insingo and my 25 on the SM before I got a Wicked Edge. However, unlike some of the others I never used the brown stones. I used the fine (flat side) and the ultra fine (corners and flats) to touch mine up. The 20 degree setting was close for my CRKs but not prefect. Still would cut hair but not push cut paper. When I got a WE I went to 18 degrees on the Insingo and 17 on the 25. So far those edges are holding up fine. The 25 now push cuts paper easily.
 
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