Information on Goldenstone and Duckfoot??

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I know I'm late to the party but I just recently about 2 months ago finally got my Byrd Duckfoot and Spyderco Goldenstone sharpening tools. The Duckfoot did come with a nice but very brief video on it's intended usage but the Goldenstone really didn't come with much of any information at all. I've been playing with both units here in the past 2 weeks and I'm finding them both to be great sharpening tools. But I want to know more about them.

First of all how many of you all have both or either units?

Second how many of you have used both or either unit to sharpen Spyderedges? If so how good of a job did it do?

Third: are any of you all aware of any Google or YOUTUBE videos on either unit?

Also is there any information as far as tips on sharpening different blade styles like recurves, hawkbills, Karambits, reverse S blades and so forth.

I'm all ears and would like to talk to any of you about what you've learned about either or both units.
 
I don't own the golden stone....yet, but in a thread a few weeks back, Sal had stated that the Golden stone was created to replace the 701 profile stones which are now discontinued. He also said he was working on a tutorial video for it.
 
I've had both for two or three years now, and I haven't gotten out my SharpMaker in the last year or more. I have used the Duckfoot to restore the serrations on a thoroughly thrashed first gen Police in about a fourth of the time I had worked on it with the brown rods of the SM. I've also used it to thin out the edge of my Dayhiker to approximate a knife. The Goldenstone id a nice final polish tool, but I use the Duckfoot ten times as much.
 
yablanowitz said:
I've had both for two or three years now, and I haven't gotten out my SharpMaker in the last year or more. I have used the Duckfoot to restore the serrations on a thoroughly thrashed first gen Police in about a fourth of the time I had worked on it with the brown rods of the SM. I've also used it to thin out the edge of my Dayhiker to approximate a knife. The Goldenstone id a nice final polish tool, but I use the Duckfoot ten times as much.
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You know "YAB" you're not the only person I've heard that from. As far as liking the Duckfoot maybe more than the Goldenstone. Actually I'm figuring on maybe buying a second Duckfoot for a back up being the unit is now discontinued from what I've been told. I know that both units have a lot of potential and I'm even starting to wonder just how good of a sharpening tool either one of them would be in the "woodworking" sector? The both have so many different configurations that I'm willing to bet that both units would be great in a woodworking shop.

Yeah "Knab" I do remember Sal saying that he was working on a video for both units but I was hoping that some of the enthusiasts would already have something maybe on YOUTUBE. I was also hoping that someone might have some written information to share that has done some experimenting with both or either of the units. They are both very interesting tools to say the least. But that's why I like Spyderco products so much because they are well thought out.
 
This is really baffling me :confused: Here you have 2 premium, high tech sharpening devices that obviously took Spyderco years to bring to market and there is not hardly any fanfare on either one of these forums about them :confused:

It truly blows me away that some of you guys/gals that are really particular about sharpening these premium knives would have done all kinds of experimenting with the Goldenstone & Duckfoot.

This brings up something I've wanted to suggest for some time now. I think it's way past time for them to write a follow up book to the "Spyderco Story" book by Kenneth Delavigne >> there are just so many changes and innovations that have occured with Spyderco that it's literally hard for anyone to keep up with all of it.>> therefore they truly need a follow up book to get people up to speed on these newer products.

I did sharpen one of my old chisels on the Goldenstone today and it worked great. I'm also planning on getting another Duckfoot sharpener for keeping all my kitchen knives sharp being that they have discontinued it already. I just think that the potential for both of these tools will be vast and I would like to think that the woodworking market and the culinary markets would really go for these sharpeners if there was more known about them.
 
This is the first I've heard of either the Goldenstone or Duckfoot.... And I'm a huge Spyderco fan, and use my sharpmaker quite frequently.

Gonna have to search out some info on these, I guess.
 
goodeyesniper said:
This is the first I've heard of either the Goldenstone or Duckfoot.... And I'm a huge Spyderco fan, and use my sharpmaker quite frequently.

Gonna have to search out some info on these, I guess.
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Actually the Duckfoot unit has been out for about 2 years now. I'm not exactly sure when the "Goldenstone" hit the market but it hasn't been that long. It's almost like they are both hidden out in plain view. They are both very high quality units and I'm looking forward to learning about both of them. The 204 Sharpmaker is their flagship sharpening tool to be sure. But I believe the Goldenstone has the potential to be just as popular as time goes one. It's certainly a great companion tool to the 204 Sharpmaker.
 
Hi JD,

I'm the bottleneck. We need a video for instruction that's waiting on me. I'm also working on fixtures that provide other angles.

sal
 
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