Having trouble with my Lansky - Can't get rid of bur...
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I've used the Lansky System for years and have had excellent results. I get my blades to scary sharp and that includes ATS-34, S30V and many others. Use the diamond stones for harder steels.
As far as your burr. If you change sides equally as you work on the blade you will eventually develop a burr on one side or the other. If you work on the burr side too long you will transfer the burr to the other side. So when you feel a burr, start taking it easy on the strokes, less pressure and less frequency. Move from one side to the other, feel for the burr with your fingernail. Eventually you will eliminate it. I like to strop the blade after that against an old belt.
This works for me every time. Good luck with it.
As far as your burr. If you change sides equally as you work on the blade you will eventually develop a burr on one side or the other. If you work on the burr side too long you will transfer the burr to the other side. So when you feel a burr, start taking it easy on the strokes, less pressure and less frequency. Move from one side to the other, feel for the burr with your fingernail. Eventually you will eliminate it. I like to strop the blade after that against an old belt.
This works for me every time. Good luck with it.
Cliff Stamp
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Using too fine a stone, don't ignore the burr with the x-coarse stone, don't try to strop it off, cut it off, or any other nonsense. Use the stone to remove the burr by abrasion and then refine it as necessary with finer stones.
-Cliff
Great answers all... but this one spoke directly to my mistake. Thanks to all of you...
(I used to do well with a Lansky, loaned it out a half a year ago, forgot about it, asked for it back last week (I ran out of sharp knives, now I got around 20 to sharpen), they found 4 pieces. They bought me a new Professional kit yesterday!)
I'm tired of seeing you knock the Lansky system on this forum. Have you ever considered your own incompetence?
Alot of people, including myself, swear by this system and get excellent results. You just dont know what you're doing.
Keep your damn nickel.
If it is a newer, stock Bucklite then it is 420HC. I have had burr problems with my Buck's in 420HC. I think I have found the solution in using light strokes and in finding the right stones or stone preparation to encouage clean cutting action with light pressure. That approach has suddenly seemed to pay dividends. My previous efforts always produced a bur that would flop from side to side but never go away, no matter how fine a grit progression I used.
I have now sharpened several other knives with great success. The best one being an older Buck 110.
I got a $20 tip for sharpening the Buck 110, a nice Vistorinox SAK, and a Browning folder (made in China and bore striking resemblence to my made in China Camillus that came free with the Lansky kit.)
On Friday I sharpened the blade on a Leatherman Wave for a total stranger that stopped at my broken down car and "made" my and my family sit in his warm truck for 3 hours until my brother-in-law got there with a truck and trailer. He wouldn't take a penny so it was the least I could do.
And then I sharpened a sweet little Boker my 10 year old nephew picked up at a yard sale (new in the box!) for 75 cents this fall. Sigh... Oh well, that knife, along with his Uncle "RagPicker" are doing a bang up job of turning him into a knife nut.
And then I made a couple of other friends happy with their newly sharpened knives. One had one of the new Leatherman knives. Not sure which model. The other one was a cheapo piece of crap but I put a better edge on it than it ever had so the owner was happy.
Got my Bucklite shaving sharp and did a decent number on the little Camillus I mentioned.
Oh, and I sharpened a cheapo SAK for my 15 year old niece. She is a lady's lady and as feminine as they come. Only wears dresses, etc. But she knows the value of carrying a SAK in her purse. I am pondering using some of my meager finances to upgrade her to something of quality.
More later...
I got a $20 tip for sharpening the Buck 110, a nice Vistorinox SAK, and a Browning folder (made in China and bore striking resemblence to my made in China Camillus that came free with the Lansky kit.)
On Friday I sharpened the blade on a Leatherman Wave for a total stranger that stopped at my broken down car and "made" my and my family sit in his warm truck for 3 hours until my brother-in-law got there with a truck and trailer. He wouldn't take a penny so it was the least I could do.
And then I sharpened a sweet little Boker my 10 year old nephew picked up at a yard sale (new in the box!) for 75 cents this fall. Sigh... Oh well, that knife, along with his Uncle "RagPicker" are doing a bang up job of turning him into a knife nut.
And then I made a couple of other friends happy with their newly sharpened knives. One had one of the new Leatherman knives. Not sure which model. The other one was a cheapo piece of crap but I put a better edge on it than it ever had so the owner was happy.
Got my Bucklite shaving sharp and did a decent number on the little Camillus I mentioned.
Oh, and I sharpened a cheapo SAK for my 15 year old niece. She is a lady's lady and as feminine as they come. Only wears dresses, etc. But she knows the value of carrying a SAK in her purse. I am pondering using some of my meager finances to upgrade her to something of quality.
More later...
3 months old and shipped direct from Buck for warranty issues.