Hengelo_77
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I guess that this has been asked before, but I can't find good info on it.
How does one shapren serrations?
How does one shapren serrations?
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How to sharpen serrations?
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You can use a round-tapered stone or a triangular stone (like Spyderco's Sharpmaker). You don;t necessarily have to have the Sharpmaker if you don;t want it, just that type of long, round or triangular, stone.
Just hold the knife and, with the other hand, glide the stone (from edge toward spine) up the serrations at the proper angle. You can eyeball it...it's close enough. With a triangular rod, "roll" the stone as it glides up the edge. This way you'll be covering the entire concavity, or hollow, of each of the serrations. Every once in a dozen strokes or so, using the flat part of a triangular stone, lap the backside of the serrations. Do this flat to the flat back of the blade, don;t try to put an angle or edge on it. Just a nice, soft stroke or two to get the burr off, then it's back to the front of the serrations.
Look, I'm a relative beginner at sharpening. I'm pretty confident I can sharpen any knife now, but even if not, I'm very confident of this: EVERY knife owner, unless he knows how to sharpen on a benchstone, should own a Spyderco Sharpmaker. This is my opinion. You can sharpen almost anything on that $50 device....including serrations.
Just hold the knife and, with the other hand, glide the stone (from edge toward spine) up the serrations at the proper angle. You can eyeball it...it's close enough. With a triangular rod, "roll" the stone as it glides up the edge. This way you'll be covering the entire concavity, or hollow, of each of the serrations. Every once in a dozen strokes or so, using the flat part of a triangular stone, lap the backside of the serrations. Do this flat to the flat back of the blade, don;t try to put an angle or edge on it. Just a nice, soft stroke or two to get the burr off, then it's back to the front of the serrations.
Look, I'm a relative beginner at sharpening. I'm pretty confident I can sharpen any knife now, but even if not, I'm very confident of this: EVERY knife owner, unless he knows how to sharpen on a benchstone, should own a Spyderco Sharpmaker. This is my opinion. You can sharpen almost anything on that $50 device....including serrations.