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knife sharpener?
- Thread starter mr_dove
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I'd just like to put in a plug for doing your own sharpening.
Maybe it really isn't for you but I find it to be a relaxing and pleasant exercise. Get all your bits and pieces out, select the knife you want to sharpen, get a cold beer out of the fridge and a few quiet moments of quality time are all yours. If you have a Sharpmaker it's easy and you're unlikely to bugger up your good knife.
Maybe it really isn't for you but I find it to be a relaxing and pleasant exercise. Get all your bits and pieces out, select the knife you want to sharpen, get a cold beer out of the fridge and a few quiet moments of quality time are all yours. If you have a Sharpmaker it's easy and you're unlikely to bugger up your good knife.
I will second that also. I find it VERY relaxing and rewarding to sharpen my own knives.
1. It is good to make it a regular habbit to inspect your gear, so any problem will be spotted soon and can be taken care of. Checking the edge and maybe sharpening it should be included in that habbit.
2. Some people prefer different angles on the knife's edge. Some like it more steep (dont know if that is good English) as they cut more, some like it a bit more blunt as they tend to chop more.
3. Some knives have different edges on the blade and especially with larger blades it can be very usefull to sharpen the blade differently over the total length. It depends on the use you have for your knife.
Sharpening your blade is not as much work or a chore as you may think it to be. Practise makes perfect, try it on an old knife first.
Just my 2 cents on this, maybe i am a bit too much a perfectionist in these things
1. It is good to make it a regular habbit to inspect your gear, so any problem will be spotted soon and can be taken care of. Checking the edge and maybe sharpening it should be included in that habbit.
2. Some people prefer different angles on the knife's edge. Some like it more steep (dont know if that is good English) as they cut more, some like it a bit more blunt as they tend to chop more.
3. Some knives have different edges on the blade and especially with larger blades it can be very usefull to sharpen the blade differently over the total length. It depends on the use you have for your knife.
Sharpening your blade is not as much work or a chore as you may think it to be. Practise makes perfect, try it on an old knife first.
Just my 2 cents on this, maybe i am a bit too much a perfectionist in these things
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Forget going somewhere and having it done for you, get a Spyderco Sharpmaker 204. Yes, learning can be daunting at first, but unlike pretty much every other sharpening system, instead of giving you a dinky slip of paper with vague instructions, the Sharpmaker comes with a large, detailed, color booklet and a video to show you how it's done.
If you must have it done by someone else, look in the yellow pages for knife shops. Pretty much all of them will probably have a sharpening service. A mall shop is probably OK, but I'd check regular brick and mortar stores first.
If you must have it done by someone else, look in the yellow pages for knife shops. Pretty much all of them will probably have a sharpening service. A mall shop is probably OK, but I'd check regular brick and mortar stores first.
I wouldn't be opposed to sharpening myself as long as a I had the appropriate system.
I've tried in the past with a plain bench stone type sharpener but I couldn't get consistant or accurate with the angle so I screwed up more knives than I sharpened.
I would require a system that keeps the angle for you since I can't seem to do it myself.
I've tried in the past with a plain bench stone type sharpener but I couldn't get consistant or accurate with the angle so I screwed up more knives than I sharpened.
I would require a system that keeps the angle for you since I can't seem to do it myself.
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The sharpmaker is good for many knives. I prefer the Razor-Edge System, or the Apex Edgepro, if you have the money to spend. I use both, the RazorEdge is a lot easier to reprofile with, you can remove metal faster.
Sharpmaker is excellent for touch-up.
Sharpmaker is excellent for touch-up.
Other than the manufacturer or the knifemaker himself, I doubed that you will find anybody that puts an edge on your knife like the Sharpmaker will...
As long as your edge is thin enough the Sharpmaker is all you need...if you are really picky, a strop is nice to have as well. If you watch the video that comes with the Sharpmaker, I doubt that you will have trouble to get an edge on your knives.
If you want/are able to spend a lot more money you can go with the edgepro system which would also enable you to reprofile your blades in a pretty fool proof way.
As long as your edge is thin enough the Sharpmaker is all you need...if you are really picky, a strop is nice to have as well. If you watch the video that comes with the Sharpmaker, I doubt that you will have trouble to get an edge on your knives.
If you want/are able to spend a lot more money you can go with the edgepro system which would also enable you to reprofile your blades in a pretty fool proof way.
