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Fortunately, it's another Spyderco! 
Being able to sharpen my knives to a literal razor edge (the kind of edge that spooks the sheeple when you demo it) has long been very important to me. When I began learning to sharpen my (mostly pocket) knives, I first bought a really tiny Eze-lap rod. Let's not pretend that I actually ever got a decent edge from it. I moved on to a larger Eze-lap diamond-coated rod from Gander Mountain. Again, that was before I knew anything, but I did think I was getting a decent edge *at the time*.
Time went on and I finally really DID understand sharpening, and began getting good, sharp edges -- particularly once I got myself a Spyderco Tri-angle. That held for a good four years or so, and then a really knowledgeable guy named Roland at the South Florida Fairgrounds Gun Show introduced me to the Spyderco Profile. When I felt the edges he got on it, I had to buy one from him. I've used that with excellent results for a good while now -- maybe four years.
This Independence Day weekend, I went to the gun show again (sadly, I haven't seen Roland's table for a number of shows) and was looking for a flat diamond bench sharpener, and I found a DMT Dia-sharp. I bought it for re-profiling, but that's now what I'm writing about. I'm writing about the Spyderco "Ceramic Whet Stone," which comes in a big 3"x8.5" blue plastic case. The stone is HEAVY DUTY, about two inches wide and eight or so inches long, and sits in the blue case while you sharpen. (The case bottom has little round rubber feet for gripping your table.)
This sharpener is AWESOME. It is everything that Profile was to me, but more, because with its extra broadness, more of any given blade lies on the surface at any given point in a stroke. I don't have to pull a blade toward me during the stroke nearly as much as with the narrower Profile.
I just put wicked edges on two Victorinox kitchen knives -- a paring one and a cheese one. Tomorrow I plan to work on my new Mini-Griptilian, which is actually just fine from the factory, but needs just a tiny touch of improvement for me to really be satisfied with it.
For those of you who are into sharpening and are good at doing it freehand, or those getting into freehand, I really recommend the big Spyderco Ceramic Whet Stone (medium grit is great for general use). The one I got was marked $30 at the gun show. Best $30 I ever spent for a sharpener -- even cheaper than the Profile set I got (which although it has a white fine stone in addition to the gray medium one, does not have a hard plastic case to house it). I hardly ever used the white Profile stone anyway. I figure I won't have to go looking for a new sharpening system for a long time now, so I'm happy.
---Jeffrey
Being able to sharpen my knives to a literal razor edge (the kind of edge that spooks the sheeple when you demo it) has long been very important to me. When I began learning to sharpen my (mostly pocket) knives, I first bought a really tiny Eze-lap rod. Let's not pretend that I actually ever got a decent edge from it. I moved on to a larger Eze-lap diamond-coated rod from Gander Mountain. Again, that was before I knew anything, but I did think I was getting a decent edge *at the time*.
Time went on and I finally really DID understand sharpening, and began getting good, sharp edges -- particularly once I got myself a Spyderco Tri-angle. That held for a good four years or so, and then a really knowledgeable guy named Roland at the South Florida Fairgrounds Gun Show introduced me to the Spyderco Profile. When I felt the edges he got on it, I had to buy one from him. I've used that with excellent results for a good while now -- maybe four years.
This Independence Day weekend, I went to the gun show again (sadly, I haven't seen Roland's table for a number of shows) and was looking for a flat diamond bench sharpener, and I found a DMT Dia-sharp. I bought it for re-profiling, but that's now what I'm writing about. I'm writing about the Spyderco "Ceramic Whet Stone," which comes in a big 3"x8.5" blue plastic case. The stone is HEAVY DUTY, about two inches wide and eight or so inches long, and sits in the blue case while you sharpen. (The case bottom has little round rubber feet for gripping your table.)
This sharpener is AWESOME. It is everything that Profile was to me, but more, because with its extra broadness, more of any given blade lies on the surface at any given point in a stroke. I don't have to pull a blade toward me during the stroke nearly as much as with the narrower Profile.
I just put wicked edges on two Victorinox kitchen knives -- a paring one and a cheese one. Tomorrow I plan to work on my new Mini-Griptilian, which is actually just fine from the factory, but needs just a tiny touch of improvement for me to really be satisfied with it.
For those of you who are into sharpening and are good at doing it freehand, or those getting into freehand, I really recommend the big Spyderco Ceramic Whet Stone (medium grit is great for general use). The one I got was marked $30 at the gun show. Best $30 I ever spent for a sharpener -- even cheaper than the Profile set I got (which although it has a white fine stone in addition to the gray medium one, does not have a hard plastic case to house it). I hardly ever used the white Profile stone anyway. I figure I won't have to go looking for a new sharpening system for a long time now, so I'm happy.
---Jeffrey
