instead of buying that next slippy

You have already successfully engaged this forum on this topic, and then it was moved where it belongs. I thought that post was a little like a sales pitch, but I gave you the benefit of the doubt. Now I must ask, are you a shill for Spyderco/Sal Glesser? I have only met Mr Glesser on one occasion, but from what I think I know about him I doubt he would approve of your tactics.
 
Can't say the Sharpmaker has done much for my blunt D2 from Queen..lot of time and not much result.
Hand held diamond stone gave vastly superior results, still not that good though...time to send it to somebody with paperwheels I fear!
 
jackknife said:
I don't know.

Something about sharpening an old slippy on a whiz bang gizmo seems so...for lack of a better word...wrong.

Old grey carbon steel, dented coffee pot on the stove, a little dram of something in a glass to go with the coffee. Then use a gizmo fixture. No, just something wrong there. Please forgive me if I pass. So far in the 68 years I've wandered around on this earth, a stone in hand always seemed to work great. Okay, I admit for the past decade I've been using a diamind 'stone', but it fits in my wallet, and I can sharpen anywhere. Out on the river bank fishing, off in the woods on a camping trip, over somebodys house who needs a knife touched up. Hey, what are friends for?

Somehow I guess I mange with a hand held hone, and the back of my belt. But then so did my dad and his dad, and so on.
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Mr. Bone,

You are playing with the wrong people in the wrong forum.

Next time you will be removed.
 
Jigged Bone...

...You were advised about what constitutes appropriate material for the Traditional Forum yesterday and referred to the guidelines. You were also notified that "sharpening" threads belonged in the "Maintenance" forum.

Now you want to see how far you can push our limits.

I will tell you this...screw with the forum, the guidelines and the moderators at your own peril.

If your membership here means nothing to you that is your decision. We will not let you become a disruptive force. Trust me on this.
 
Okay Jigged Bone, I'll try to give you an answer to this. I can only tell you haw I feel, and what is my own personal opinion of your question in general and sharpmakers in particular. Of course it goes without saying others have thier opinions and YMMV.

To me, sharpening a knife is not a chore, it's just another facet of owning a knife. I even find it kind of relaxing, kind of like a zen thing. The rythem of the steel on the stone, the feel of it. I have never, nor will ever, use any kind of gadget to sharpen my knife. I hold the stone free hand, and just do it. There's no rocket scince to it, people have been doing it this way since biblical times. It's, for lack of a better word, traditional.

I could be wrong, I know I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I have an idea that the kind of person who is interested in gradads old deeply patined muskrat, or the old trapper or stockman that looks like it would have some great stories to tell, are folksy kind of people. The kind of people who value a lot of the old ways. Maybe even hunt with a muzzel loader and say nay to the black plastic stocked AR type of rifles. When if comes time to sharpen, they'll do it like grandad showed them.

I had this old scout master a very long time ago, Mr. Van. He was an old mud marine from WW2 and even before. A career man, and about as tough as they come. He taught us that if you carry a knife, you should carry a little something to sharpen it with, because when you leave the house in the morning, you never know what will happen before you get home. He had this little piece of India stone in his pocket, and he'd just take a minute now and then to touch up his knife right were he was, where ever that happened to be. Can't do that with a Sharpmaker of any other of the wonder gizmos.

Now I will admit I have not used a natural stone in many years. Instead I have a Eze-lap model L that I cut off most of the red plastic handle. This makes it fit in my wallet with no problem. For most times, this is my only sharpener, with finishing up on the back of my Dickies work belt. My knife will shave hair when I'm done, and I can do it in just a few minutes. Yes, I've had lots of practice, but after you learn to do it, it's just second nature, like scratching your head. Using a hone free hand is like instictive shooting with a longbow or recurve. You don't think about it. If you think about it too much, you mess up. You just do.

I view gizmos, like the Sharpmaker, as a crutch that makes a cripple out of you in time. It's a solution to a problem that does not exist. It's also a way to make knife sharpening seem more complicated than it is so the maker of these gizmos can get some of your money out of your pocket and into thier own.

Everyone is reliant on gadgets these days, and they are loosing touch on how to get things done if the gadget breaks, or mayb e not available right then. Sometimes simple is good.
 
The Queen's I got were like Mr.Blues said,
Attempting to reprofile and sharpen a dull D2 blade (as many or most Queen's require) on a Spyderco Sharpmaker is an exercise which should only be undertaken by those with the patience of a saint. The Sharpmaker is a great tool for maintaining an already properly profiled knife, however. For the grunt work you should really consider much coarser hones.
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The ceramic stones you get with the sharpmaker will take you a very long time to get that "basically flat edge" sharp.I went ahead & bought the coarse & ultra fine diamond rods for the sharpmaker.I also have a lansky DMT stone I keep in my pocket.Diamonds are the way to go for me from now on.They just work better.
 
Jigged Bone said:
blues and the others who feel im talking down to them, and even jackknife who feels a sharpmaker is out of place, this is the kind of poster who im writing to hopefully benefit. you have to start somewhere and there are plenty of traditional knife buffs who are coming into it without the benifit of somebody to teach and show the basics. a sharpmaker is older than any spyderco knife. its almost traditional because its based on sharpening off a crock pot. it is an extremely fool proof way to get a great understanding of sharpening through the tutelage of sal glesser via the included dvd. we fans of traditional knives should want to welcome all comers. if there is a way to help fellas who havent had the benefit of a dad or grandpa to show them how, i think this suggestion can help get the job done instill confidence, and open the way to learning more traditional methods. but for the guy above, he has to start somewhere.
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No offense but you joined in June...why don't you read a little. You might not have us all figured out. I have a friend who says 2 ears 1 mouth...:eek:
 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a Sharpmaker to sharpen a slipjoint pocketknife.
 
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