Easy and fast way to make almost any knife hair shaving sharp for a cheap price

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Buy an accusharp and a Lansky's box with ceramic rods. Do 3-6 runs through the accusharp to reprofile....then go 20-40 runs through the white ceramic rods at 20° on the Lansky's. Shaves hair every time in 5 min or less. I'm talking 154cm, VG10 on down steel quality wise is what I have used this method on. Recently did a Benchmade 530 and a GEC 38 special with this method....both shaved hair easily.
 
yeah, that accusharp sure does takes
out steel pretty fast.
if a folding knife doesnt have a "choil"
it surely could use one
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since the v-notch cutters sits a couple of milimeters within its bulky housing and
thus might not be able to reach into and
effectively cut at the juncture of the
tang area.
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Apart from the layout, how does the Accusharp differ from any other pull-through sharpener?
 
I had a few of these in the past. I find they remove way too much metal too fast, and leave a ragged edge.

All good if you like them though!
 
Interesting.... I am deathly scared of these things. I run a sharp maker because its somewhat fool proof. Send us some pics of an accomplished edge. My curiosity has been peaked. I saw a guy on youtube achieve a razor edge with a sharpener that looked like pinned together penny’s on either side of the blade. Somewhat hard to describe but also kind of the same concept. Thanks for the info.
 
In my line of work doing HVAC most of the other guys carry around a cheap duct knife with no sheath and one of these while running duct work.
They definitely sharpen really fast but I see them sharpening constantly throughout the day. Their duct knives usually go from a wharncliffe type shape to a
really lazy hawkbill type thing, in other words, sunk in the middle. These sharpeners don't really sharpen the entire edge and they wear metal down quickly.
However, if its a cheaper knife and you care more about getting an edge quickly than a "proper" edge, these really are the way to go.

Personally, I usually use a serrated Salt Series from Spyderco when running a whole house/ business worth of duct work, because they cut well all day with no sharpening needed.
I find they cut better than the plain edges they use. With that said, the guy who taught me how to run duct work uses a cheap knife and pull through sharpener and his duct work looks better
than mine still. On the other hand, if I ever let them borrow my one of my Spydercos, it can be hard to get them to give it back before the work day is over because
"man this thing just keeps cutting, mind if I use it today? I bet you have another one right? as much as you love knives?"

They're not wrong but it's irritating, so I did what any good knife lover would do, I gifted them some of the blades I don't use anymore like a SOG and a Benchmade because my Salt Series are not for cutting
PVC and reaming EMT o_O and my CRKs are not for trimming roof flashing or prying/ cutting sheet metal :mad::p:D
Good group of guys:thumbsup::thumbsup: but hell on a knife :rolleyes::D
 
joshtaylor1020 said:
Buy an accusharp and a Lansky's box with ceramic rods. Do 3-6 runs through the accusharp to reprofile....then go 20-40 runs through the white ceramic rods at 20° on the Lansky's. Shaves hair every time in 5 min or less. I'm talking 154cm, VG10 on down steel quality wise is what I have used this method on. Recently did a Benchmade 530 and a GEC 38 special with this method....both shaved hair easily.
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I wouldn't use one of those accusharp type sharpeners on a knife.
 
Henry Beige said:
Apart from the layout, how does the Accusharp differ from any other pull-through sharpener?
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They don't, I've had one for years and will use it on the machetes once in a while but in general it sucks just as much as any other carbide pull through.

You can start with a heavy hand and finish with feather light strokes to get a finer edge, but it will always be much coarser of an edge than you'll get with any other method.
 
Thanks, but I'll stick with my whetstones at home, and Fallkniven DC4 as pocket sharpener
 
OP while I dont doubt your results you can get a hair shaving edge with just the lansky turnbox w patience. Its essentially a low buck sharpmaker. i used one for a year until i got a Sharpmaker which works alot better imo due to the longer triangle rods and the addition of the 30 degree option. It will be a little more investment but is worth it imo. If on a budget the lansky clamp system is a great option also and can produce mirror edges and reprofile easy. The ceramic kit costs only a few bucks more than that setup and both systems will give much better results. Personally I wouldn't use a pull through sharpener on any knife due to the poor results and wasting metal that cant be put back.
 
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