I have a H&K Mini Entourage T/E and the sharpener I bought can't even sharpen it, i think the angle on the thing must be wrong or something, my sharpener is the Smith's pocket pal, are there any other sharpeners that are good, but like around a 30$ price range, I don't wanna use a wet stone I've never used one and ill probably just fuck it up even more.
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I need a better knife sharpener
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Well using stones freehand is the best way. Probably the best of the "gadgets" is the EdgePro. People get some remarkable results with those things and they do a good job. Good sharpening is not easy. The quickest way to do it is either with a slack belt sander of some sort or paper wheels. However, those require a great deal of skill...probably just as much skill as freehanding...it's just that they're way quicker...which means you will ruin a lot of knives very quickly learning.
The Sharpmaker is a very good tool but it is not made for a really dull knife. It is for quick touch ups in my opinion. I tried reprofiling an old Buck 110 yesterday and that was a real chore. Not the right tool for the job.
You best bet is to get a good stone (Norton, DMT, Smith's) and learn.
I Googled your knife. That's a Tanto with serration. That's a very tough combination of things to sharpen for any technology frankly. You'll need to treat the thing in three sections...the serrations, the straight part of the blade, and the tip portion. Tantos are tough for that reason and will be even tougher with a gadget.
The Sharpmaker is a very good tool but it is not made for a really dull knife. It is for quick touch ups in my opinion. I tried reprofiling an old Buck 110 yesterday and that was a real chore. Not the right tool for the job.
You best bet is to get a good stone (Norton, DMT, Smith's) and learn.
I Googled your knife. That's a Tanto with serration. That's a very tough combination of things to sharpen for any technology frankly. You'll need to treat the thing in three sections...the serrations, the straight part of the blade, and the tip portion. Tantos are tough for that reason and will be even tougher with a gadget.
For the unserrated part, grab a cheap Mora and some sandpaper and pratice with the aid of one of the many YouTube videos for sandpaper sharpening. This will cost you virtually nothing. For the serrations, get something like a Gatco Triceps:
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?6520-Gatco-Triseps
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?6520-Gatco-Triseps
No serrations will help. Here's what you'll need to do. Paint the edge with a sharpie. Take a few passes (maybe 20) on each side on the edge of the triangular brown stone. Set it at 30 degrees. If the sharpie comes off either the whole bevel or at the edge, leave it there. If it takes the sharpie only off the shoulder of the bevel, you will have HOURS and HOURS of work on your hands to get it to 30. Switch to 40. Try it again. If it's closer, then just stick with it. If you have to remove a lot of metal, the Sharpmaker take a long time...hundreds of passes on each side. Just keep at it until the sharpie is all off. Then progress down the grits by rotation the stones and switching from brown to white...it's all in the instructions. I run my edge through a piece of wood to scrape off the burr after each serious session at a given grit. I would imaging that would do the trick. But it may take a while. Make sure you got a couple of hours to spend on this if the thing us seriously dull or the edge is more acute that 40 degrees.
Never done a tanto on the Sharpmaker but I suspect you'll have to do the main part of the edge and the tip in sperate sessions...not sure there.
Never done a tanto on the Sharpmaker but I suspect you'll have to do the main part of the edge and the tip in sperate sessions...not sure there.