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McCarthy

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so i took a knife to a "professional sharpener" today. The knife has a really tricky curve in the blade and i just can't seem to get it sharp. I should have stuck to my own efforts. So when my brother and i pulled up to the place we were surprised to see it was a residential address. We should have just left then. So this guy "sharpened" our knives and did a really crappy job. he screwed up the bevel completely and nearly rounded the tanto tip. The grind is completely uneven from one side to the other. And to add to this he managed to hit the guard on my brothers knife and it's now missing some paint, this wouldn't be that big of a deal to me but my brother cares a lot about the aesthetics of his knives. All and all i guess it wasn't horrible but im pretty irritated. If you advertise yourself as a profesional you really should have the skills to back it up :mad:
 
That stinks. That is exactly why I think references from individuals are the single most important product/service information when I'm shopping around.

Lesson learned I guess.
 
you should send it to one of bladeforums resident sharpening guru's. i recommend richard j.
 
i send my knives to random people over the internet for sharpening...so far, its paid off and none of my knives came out fudged up.
 
gundude73 said:
you should send it to one of bladeforums resident sharpening guru's. i recommend richard j.
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I'll second Gundude73. Try contacting RichardJ here on the forum and ask him about sending your blade off to him to have it redone. He's THE BEST around!!! I'm pretty sure he can undo most of the damage that the other guy did.
 
If you don't know enough to post a sharpening problem in our Maintenance forum, why would you know where to go to get your knife sharpened right? There is nothing wrong with having a favorite forum to hang out, but we have specialized forums for a reason -- more people devoted to your question. That's why Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment is important. And learning to do it yourself avoids all these disappointments.
 
I agree with Esav,aquire the skills.It takes patience and time,but is well worth the effort!
 
McCarthy said:
If you advertise yourself as a profesional you really should have the skills to back it up :mad:
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To many, "professional" solely means that they charge money for a service - the kid down the street with a lawnmower thinks he's a "professional" landscaping service.

Bummer about your knives, man.
 
thanks guys, and ill try to be more specific in where i post my threads next time. and believe me i am trying to acquire the skill, ive tried many different sharpeners and just really having a problem with this curve
 
Esav Benyamin said:
If you don't know enough to post a sharpening problem in our Maintenance forum, why would you know where to go to get your knife sharpened right? There is nothing wrong with having a favorite forum to hang out, but we have specialized forums for a reason -- more people devoted to your question. That's why Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment is important. And learning to do it yourself avoids all these disappointments.
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:D Funny yet to the point
 
I use the Edge Pro system for all my sharpening. Its WAY better than the Lansky sharpeners and you can get an accurate mirror finish edge with the correct stones and sand paper pads. I just got the 1/2" stones for it that are specifically made for the tricky curved blades. "virtuovice" on Youtube has a video using this sharpener on a re-curve blade. Definitely not cheap, but I have sharpened a TON of knives myself with no problems.
 

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If you still lack skills or tools send them to Richard J. Really reasonable rates with excellent results.

If you are planning to acquire the skills and tools, you can do a lot worse than the Edge Pro. I did this hawbill on one. It's now hair whittling sharp and not just against the grain of the hair but with the grain. Notice the pointy tip.

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man that spyderco hawk bill looks nice, ive been working with some of my other curved lades and feel like im getting better, but i really think that I may need to get the curve on this re-profiled, the steel backs up and gets very thick very quickly
 
where did you take your knife to get it sharpened? if you would like some help to learn how to sharpen, send me an email with your number and i'll be glad to help you out.
rje196021@gmail.com
 
McCarthy said:
man that spyderco hawk bill looks nice, ive been working with some of my other curved lades and feel like im getting better, but i really think that I may need to get the curve on this re-profiled, the steel backs up and gets very thick very quickly
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Get the reprofiling over with, you won't regret it. At first I tried sharpening this superhawk on the sharpmaker because I was to lazy to break out my edge pro. After almost an hour and I still couldn't slice paper, I said to h*** with it, and broke out the EP.
 
post some pics of the knife you were having trouble with, im curious to see what part you were having trouble with.
 
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