Knife sharpening

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Sorry guys, im sure this topic has been covered a million times, but; I just got my adamas, combo blade. I'm still pretty new to knives, what's the easiest way to sharpen it? Should I attempt, or should I send it somewhere? BM offers life sharp, but won't sharpen the serations...
 
hold up, bm won't sharpen their own serrations?! wow...

you could look up getting something like the Spyderco Sharpmaker for touch ups. But it will reach a point that it needs to be truly sharpened/reprofiled, at which point you could get the Edge Pro Apex, which would be the next step up. Generally I will recommend to stay away from powered equipment like the work sharp or a belt sander for ppl new to sharpening. hope this helps!
 
I sharpened a Adamas recently and used Naniwa Chosera stones. I used the 400 to reset the bevel and the 800 grit stone to sharpen, stropped a bit to remove the burr and it was ready to go. D2 Sharpens well at coarse grits, it also takes a nice polish but carries a high degree of difficulty to do so.

This steel also takes a nice coarse edge from a silicon carbide stone.
 
If you pick up a Spyderco sharpmaker you could get the knife very sharp, both the plain edge portion and serrations
 
I agree with Ride above, the sharpmaker is the way to go. (At least to start)
With the SM, you can touch up both the straight edge and the serrations for about $50. However, it will not do much beyond touching up a blade that is not damaged. If you need to reprofile or repair damages in a blade, you will have to go another direction.
How many knives do you have? The more knives you own and use justifies spending more on sharpening and will help us make other recommendations.
 
I have three. BM adamas BM mini grip and spyderco cat. At one point I had a sharknivco fin (a custom) that I won in a raffle, later traded that for a adv midtech butcher. Sold that to fund gear for snowmobile season. I loved that knife, after I sold that I didn't want to carry my other two blades, they felt like toys compared to my butcher. I than stumbled across the adamas, has the weight and size I like. So now I plan on increasing my collection. Mainly beefy folders. I'm not very or at all experienced in sharpening knives though, and I don't want to damage my blade by attempting....
 
I use a DMT Aligner Deluxe Kit for most of my knives, comes with an angle-guide & clamp but can also be used free-hand (esp. for larger blades or smaller angles), diamond grits at 325/600/1200, also comes with a tapered diamond-rod for sharpening serrations, all for ~$50. Might be worth a look:

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I have used both and either one should work fine. The DMT Aligner kit or the Sharpmaker!
 
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