i have decided to buy a sharpmaker

SIRGALANT

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right , its time i learned how to sharpen . i`m going to buy a sharpmaker but i have a few questions

1 : is it easy to use?

2 : will it sharpen fully serrated blades , and the serrations on partially serrated blades?

3 : the model number is 204mf - is this the current model?

thanks

SIRGALANT
 
SIRGALANT said:
right , its time i learned how to sharpen . i`m going to buy a sharpmaker but i have a few questions
1 : is it easy to use?
2 : will it sharpen fully serrated blades , and the serrations on partially serrated blades?
3 : the model number is 204mf - is this the current model?
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I just got my Sharpmaker two days ago. Before that, what your questions are were mine too;) .

1. Yes, easy to learn and easy to use. Spyderco not only provides "paper instruction manual" but "DVD instruction" also. Learning process is really not hard :thumbup: .

2. Yes. After you see the manuals, you will be very surprised that one single Sharpmaker can sharpen A LOT OF tools.

3. Yes.

Good luck and happy sharpening :D .
 
wec12 said:
I just got my Sharpmaker two days ago. Before that, what your questions are were mine too;) .

1. Yes, easy to learn and easy to use. Spyderco not only provides "paper instruction manual" but "DVD instruction" also. Learning process is really not hard :thumbup: .

2. Yes. After you see the manuals, you will be very surprised that one single Sharpmaker can sharpen A LOT OF tools.

3. Yes.

Good luck and happy sharpening :D .
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What he said:thumbup: ;) . You will be amazed just how easy it is to sharpen serrations, in fact you will be so surprised that you will throw out all your PE knives and buy SE exclusively.:) One word of advice, make sure you buy the one with the DVD, that is if you don't own a VCR
Cheers,
Rob
 
ok , thanks mates :thumbup: you guys have inspired confidence in me that through a sharpmaker i too can sharpen my own knives:)
 
my 2 cents:
If you want to reprofile or put a new edge - get diamond sleeves
doon't apply exessive pressure on the rods - better do more strokes
careful with knife's point - if it slip off the rod it will get blunt
I've learned it hard way
 
SIRGALANT said:
ok , thanks mates :thumbup: you guys have inspired confidence in me that through a sharpmaker i too can sharpen my own knives:)
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Oh one more thing I didn't notice you was from OZ, when you order one make sure the DVD will play on your machine, IE; it's compatible with your region, I didn't think of it before.
Enjoy and Cheers,
Rob
 
Check out the 701 ProFile stones. I am thinking about getting them becuase I hear they are better for serrations and everyone that has them raves about it. I also want to learn how to sharpen free-hand.
 
Lenny_Goofoff said:
my 2 cents:
If you want to reprofile or put a new edge - get diamond sleeves
doon't apply exessive pressure on the rods - better do more strokes
careful with knife's point - if it slip off the rod it will get blunt
I've learned it hard way
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I got a Sharpmaker about 2 weeks ago. I believe I put a burr on the tip of my new Delica 4 with that "slip off the rod" you mentioned. Got it worked out and everything is fine now. I know .. I didn't need to sharpen a new Spyderco .. but had to test the 204. Very easy to use. Just watch the video.

Good suggestion about getting the diamonds stones. My kitchen knives are taking forever to sharpen (too much metal to remove) with the brown and white ones.

A friend of my son's is leaving for Iraq this week and I touched up his Gerber Paraframe for him. Quick and easy. :thumbup:

Found mine on Ebay for $45 (US) ... $10 of that was shipping. Cheapest I've found. Unfortunately, haven't found any cheap diamond stones for it.:grumpy:
 
A sharpmaker tip from a fellow Aussie - use a black marker pen and blacken the edge of the knife you are about to sharpen. Make a few strokes on each side , if the marker is being removed all the way to the edge, your in business. If it only removes the marker from the shoulder of the edge, you are in for a long time reprofiling until you get to the edge.

The Sharpmaker is a great sharpening tool, especialy on Spyderco knives that have a primary grind of 30 deg. or less. Knives with obtuse edges of greater than 40 deg. inclusive will be hard work unless you purchase the diamond sleaves.

Another tip when sharpening blunt knives, just work on one side until you raise a burr along the entire edge of the opposite side, then swap sides and work this side until a burr is raised on the other side. Then use the Sharpmaker as per the instructions and swap sides each stroke.

Have fun, you will get the knack really quickly and you will never have a blunt knife in the house. Beware - Sharpening can become addictive.
 
great tips , thankyou stockman. you`ve always given me good advice in the past.
 
it turns out the store i was going to get one from advertised them on their website , but when i went to the store , they didn`t have any
 
SIRGALANT said:
it turns out the store i was going to get one from advertised them on their website , but when i went to the store , they didn`t have any
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There should be a law against that crap. You look for a particular item, decide "Hmm maybe Staples might carry it" then go online and take a look and sure enough it's there. Drive out of your way to get to Staples and spend an hour searching before asking for help and all they tell you is "Well.. we don't stock everything that's on the website".

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