knife nuts that dont sharpen

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fisher2

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I met an ex coworker today and was looking at his knives that his job sold i was checking out the benchmade 300 axis flipper, and asked if i could compare with my knife. anyway i took it out and he went oh cool a ZT can i see that? so i showed it to him, and he asked if he had shown me his strider, which made my ears perk up. i noticed while playing with it that he had never sharpened it and it was quite dull then he said he had to find a guy to sharpen it. so i told him to take my number and bring them to me and i'll get them sharp free of charge.

anyway has anyone else ever met a person with high quality tastes but doesn't do their own sharpening? I found it a bit strange.
 
Yeah, it's pretty common for those that collect & carry but don't really use their knives in my experience... :foot::D

Me, I sharpen everything. :cool::rolleyes::)
 
I collect, carry, use and suck at sharpening. So I have many dull knives at the moment. I really need to learn how. My grandpa once showed me with a whetstone but I didn't practice enough and at the time those V-shaped "quick" sharpener things got popular so I mutilated many knives with those. I think I push too hard.
 
I sharpen my own. However I don't whip out my stones with every new knife and reprofile right away. I even have 15 year old carriers with factory edge.
 
Me, I like to carry and collect knives, but I cannot sharpen worth a lick.
 
there was a similar topic a few weeks ago- but I couldn't find it to link for you.
anyways- I carried for a LOOOONG time before I started to sharpen. I still know plenty of people that carry just to carry and never use their knives. if I saw a friend carrying a dull knife- I'd sharpen it for them.
 
Czechmate said:
Yeah, it's pretty common for those that collect & carry but don't really use their knives in my experience... :foot::D

Me, I sharpen everything. :cool::rolleyes::)
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Quoting myself because I can. :D

I got addicted to sharpening "gadgets" and gear for a short while too; I have a Lansky Deluxe Set, an Edge Pro Apex 4 with all the trimmings, set of 8" paper wheels, a Ken Onion Worksharp, and tonnes of random stuff like soft arkansas stones, ceramic rods, a plethora of diamond lapping films mounted on glass and a stack sil-con & alu-oxi sandpaper...

I use the worksharp and wheels the most now because of speed. :thumbup:
 
I sharpen my own using a Lansky 4 rod turn box. Those of you that think you can't sharpen, try one, they are good. The Spyderco Sharpmaker is also a great tool that uses the same principle.
I have a lot of Lansky rod and hone guided systems, great for re-profiling and getting damage out but for ease of use the turn box is excellent and gives great results.
 
fisher2 said:
huh seems its more common than thought okay
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Lots of different knife nuts with "high quality tastes" with likes different from yours. Some like to sharpen, some don't. Some are steel junkies, some aren't. Some think ZTs are the bee's knees, some think they are nonsense.
 
I love to sharpen my knives, or atleast stropping them every few days, if you stay up on the knife it will never need to take long just a quick touch ups. I usually just throw it on the ultra fine sharpmaker when stropping wont work. Gotta use the wet stone for the kitchen knives. I work in a kitchen so I sharpen some of the guys personal knives, some times watching people put there knifes on the steel is very painful to watch.
 
8steve88 said:
I sharpen my own using a Lansky 4 rod turn box. Those of you that think you can't sharpen, try one, they are good. The Spyderco Sharpmaker is also a great tool that uses the same principle.
I have a lot of Lansky rod and hone guided systems, great for re-profiling and getting damage out but for ease of use the turn box is excellent and gives great results.
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I have a Sharpmaker and I've tried to use it and couldn't figure it out. Like I said, I think I push too hard when I try.

I have a Ken Onion Edition Worksharp but I'm too afraid to use it at the moment, at least until I can practice on some of my old cheap beaters.
 
Dull knives make me sad :(. I can't help but think of how much better they would serve their owners if they were sharp.

I consider myself lucky, I was taught how to freehand sharpen about 35 years ago by guys who had been doing it most of their lives. And I've been doing it ever since. And I'm quite happy with the results.

I consider the ability to sharpen a knife to be basic and necessary knowledge, like changing a tire. But of course, there are a lot of people who feel no need to learn such things. And a lot of people will live their entire lives without needing to do such things, and they'll get along just fine. Such is the nature of life in the modern world- you don't have to learn to do things for yourself as long as you can get other people to do them for you.

I don't judge those who can't sharpen, or pay others to sharpen their knives. I just prefer to be as self-reliant as I can be and do as much as I can for myself.

I have taught a few co-workers how to sharpen their knives. And I was proud of their results.
 
I feel you Cosmo. I'm the idiot who is trying to learn to sharpen and only owns higher end steels. Its weird though, sometimes I do a great job, but most of the time I'm terrible with the Sharpmaker. Freehand on it I made my straight razor hair popping sharp. I've done ok with ZDP-189 strangely enough. CPM-M4 I can't do jack with. S30V and D2 I get a little bit sharp.
 
Not being satisfied with my ability to sharpen and more specifically reprofile kept me from buying alot of knives I really wanted. i was just scared to put the money down and not be able to sharpen it correctly. Once I learned how and became what I consider "good" at it, this hobby became much more enjoyable. Thats why I encourage everybody I introduce to the world of knives to learn to sharpen before buying a bunch of expensive knives.
 
I sharpen my own knives when needed but like @LeathermanGX I don't sharpen until actually needed. That said, I do like a sharp knife so things get stropped and sharpened before they get too dull. Thing is, I hate sharpening. I'm good at it as I learned from my Dad some 50+ years ago and learned more on my own over time.

Some people find it to be a zen-like experience. Not me. I simply find it to be a necessary evil that I have to do myself.
 
@LeathermanGX said:
I sharpen my own. However I don't whip out my stones with every new knife and reprofile right away. I even have 15 year old carriers with factory edge.
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I used to reprofile new knives right off the bat. And I still sometimes do if there's a new steel I really want to try out. But in general, I now just keep the factory edge as long as the bevels are reasonable and just work edge maintenance as long as I can.
 
I sharpen on a rock down by the river.

Actually I use a Sharpmaker, which I like (for v grinds), and with wet/dry on a soft substrate (a strop) (for convex), which I love.

The nice thing about the latter is that it is designed for one who cannot maintain an exact edge angle...like me. Even on the Sharpmaker, if you are not holding the blade exactly perpendicular to the flat surface it is on every time you stroke, you are not really getting anywhere. What you are doing is convexing the darn thing.

By the way, I love the guys who say they freehand and always hold the blade at a "12.5 degree angle." :rolleyes: "Ooh. Feels like I'm at 12.7, better lower the spine a bit..."
 
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