Good not expensive sharpeners for straight blades?

I have heard arkansas stone is very slow with any type of decent steel. I personaly use a dual grit carborundum and finish off (and touch up) with some type of arkansas or india pocket stone I've had forever. Works great, but I need to get a bigger and better finishing stone.
 
a little different than what you posted on the link there.. but the basic lansky system w/ oil is my reccamendation.. once you figure out you need to keep the blade on the very tip of the clamp, it works very well. i caught one on ebay for 25.00 shipped to me.
 
Can't do it. Maybe a combination grit India oilstone (coarse and fine aluminum oxide) or a DMT Duo-Sharp (high-quality, pocket-sized diamond sharpener with two different grits), but not those.
 
secretagentmann007 said:
a little different than what you posted on the link there.. but the basic lansky system w/ oil is my reccamendation.. once you figure out you need to keep the blade on the very tip of the clamp, it works very well. i caught one on ebay for 25.00 shipped to me.
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http://www.knifeworks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=497

Is that the one you're talking about? Looks a bit complicated... I hope it isn't... at the very least if I can find online guides or if it has good instructions I should be able to figure it out though.
 
its very simple the hardest part is getting the coordination dwon to do the other side of the blade at first.

if you are sharpening new knives you have made you will want to find a kit from lansky with a very coarse hone. either wya i would suggest looking at a larger kit that that, i have the basic one and wish i had a wider range (coarser to start the blades and the finer to give some really purdy edges)

but dont worry about the system, it is pretty simple IMHO, much easier than just a stone
-matt
 
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