Lansky Q's and Sharpmaker for touch ups??

[bailes]

A couple of questions for the brains trust.....

I currently use a Lansky system (and love it). My questions are:

What is finer? The yellow ultra fine or white hard Arkansas hone?

Should I use oil with these 2 or the blue sapphire hones?

If I bought a Spyderco Sharpmaker could I use it to touch up all of my blades regardless of the bevel I have ground on the Lansky?

Is this the correct thing to do? I recently ground a 20 degree bevel (each side) into my CRKT M16 right down to the ultra fine hone. To finish it off I used the hard Arkansas at 25 degrees each side for 2 passes. So as far as I can figure from now on all Ill have to do is touch it up at 25 degrees with the hard Arkansas????? Sound right?

Cheers guys

Dan

 

[Cliff Stamp]

The yellow ultra fine or white hard Arkansas hone?

I also have a black hard arkansas which is essentially a smooth rock. I have not used the older white ones, I have a current white one which is really coarse.

Should I use oil with these 2 or the blue sapphire hones?

Most do, some don't. I use water on my black arkansas, more out of habit than anything else.

If I bought a Spyderco Sharpmaker could I use it to touch up all of my blades regardless of the bevel I have ground on the Lansky?

Yes, but it will be awkward unless the bevels are less than the Sharpmaker presets.

So as far as I can figure from now on all Ill have to do is touch it up at 25 degrees with the hard Arkansas?

Yes, unless it is damaged or heavy blunted in which case you drop back the grit a little.

-Cliff

 

[bailes]

Awesome, cheers Cliff!!

 

[the_mac]

The angles you get on the lansky are not as acute as I'd like (I'm considering grinding on the clamp so that it's not in the way), but the most acute you can do on a narrow blade is 15 per side, which isn't that acute. You can drill an extra hole in the clamps so that you can get 10 per side on a wider blade, which would be nice.

Other than that, it's a good system.