Nightstand table. It was the nightstand table next to her bed. What I meant was more that it wasn't in a general living space (living room, kitchen, dining room). I would have nothing to gain by fabricator a story and making a thread about it. Please do not accuse me of lying as you do not know me.
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Nightstand table. It was the nightstand table next to her bed. What I meant was more that it wasn't in a general living space (living room, kitchen, dining room). I would have nothing to gain by fabricator a story and making a thread about it. Please do not accuse me of lying as you do not know me.
Sounds like a good time to learn to sharpen your knife.. Aint the first time its gonna get dull and if ya plan to use it aint gonna be the last!! Just sayin!!!John
Yea that's what I'm gone try to do. I would rather learn to sharpen on flat stones rather than a system (sharpmaker, edge pro, work sharp), but I'm sure it's entirely different beast to manage.
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I bought a 425 dollar Hinderer and had to sharpen it a long time, then strop it silly before it was sharp enough to carry. No big deal, you can get yours back like new too! 🗡
Guess I'm just worried I'll make it worse than it already is haha. Practice makes perfect though! I'll give it a try. Thanks for the encouragement [emoji16]
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Reminds me of this quote from Sean Penn, it's that guy's way of doing this:
Whatever you do Mcg4248, don't ever post on this forum that you are "addicted to knives", or that you're a "knife addict", some people might want to lecture you on how truly serious the topic of addiction is, the real horrors of addiction, and criticize you for equating your knife buying habits to the real nightmare of "addiction".
And as we all know, no one on this forum ever refers to themselves as a "knife addict", or refers to their passion for knives as an "addiction".
I'm sure you're just fine Mcg4248. Nowhere in this thread did I get the impression that you were actually suffering from psychological trauma. And I should know, because I'm a certified internet knife-trauma counselor.
In general I say, more fun stuff, less seriousnessness (it's a word)
.And good luck with the sharpening. You'll get there, it just takes practice, the right technique, and a decent hone. And I'm glad to hear that the damage to your blade was very minor.
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As others have said, now that you are buying nicer knives, learning sharpening skills/techniques is a must (especially since you've already shared that you like a clean pristine edge). If you want to learn to freehand sharpen, do it. It will take time and patience. There are many here generously share their time and knowledge (like jasonb and many others).
But I still highly suggest starting out on a "system" as it will greatly speed the learning curve. Just think of it as the cost of "just one more nice knife". It's no secret here that I'm a big fan of the KME Sharp system, but if money is not an issue, the Wicked Edge does get some wicked results.
But.....lets go back to the Sharpmaker that you already have. My 450 no longer carries the factory edge, but looking at other zt's, the Medium (brown) rods that you already have will probably give a more refined edge than your factory edge, let alone the Fine rods that come standard also. But "sharpness" is the biggest issue long before "refinement". The issue you have is matching the factory grind angle. Which, by the way, is often difficult to impossible as they usually "average" a target angle from heel to tip.
The SM is really just a freehand method, but with two clever popular built-in orientation angles to assist the average joe (if and only if the user can hold the knife perfectly vertical through the entire stroke AND the knife bevel is absolutely perfect and consistent ). But any edge angle can be achieved if the operator can adjust the cant of the blade and hold it throughout the entire process.
In your case, the easiest and fastest way to clean up your edge is to follow the standard SM process by using the 30 degree side and to buff out the bevel scratches, then add a micro bevel on the 40 side. Won't be perfect (especially with chips), but may get you back to the working edge.
Sorry about being a little long winded, but the op sounds a little like myself. I like to have and use nice knives (all subjective, I know), but I'm crazy ocd about my edges. In fact probably 70% of the factory edges I receive don't make the cut and go straight to the KME for a reprofile.
Time to go to the "Maintenance, Tinkering, and Embellishment" forum and read until your eyes bleed. [emoji2]. Of course if I read into the OP's personality all wrong (not withstanding original incident), I apologize. In that case, send your blade to one of the many amazing sharpening pro's here on the forum and move on.
But if you have the blade bug as bad as many of us.....it's time to learn a new skill. Either way, buy your GF's dad a $10 knife. Then sit down with him allowing him to handle both the cheap and nice knives. He will get it, unless he just hates you for touching his daughter, then you have an entire different subset of problems. [emoji51]
Good luck.
Get a lansky sharpening kit or something similar. The idea of clamping a jig to the back of the knife so the stones all stay at an exact angle, it makes sharpening fool proof. I have some knives that cost several hundred dollars as far back as 1977. I have no fear of taking them to a new fresh edge after hard use or mild abuse.
I bought some extra stones, I take the edges to a very fine ceramic and then I have a couple of leather ones I load with red then white compound. Because you control the angle of the bevel you can match it to a ceramic stick sharpener for daily use.
The ones I make have two ceramic rods that fit into holes that leave them 20° off vertical, a "V" shape. I hold my knife blade pointing straight down and draw it down across each side of the inside of the "V" a few times. Instant sharp even though I don't have the steadier hands anymore.
Shapening to a razor edge let's you use your knives like you stole them! You know that no matter what you can get a better than new edge back in a matter of minutes.
Nothing you can do about it so best to put it in the past. Resharpen it and go on.
Some people don't understand our view of knives, some people don't know how to respect tools, and maybe he didn't know how much it was worth.
But learn to not leave your knife laying where someone can pick it up and use it, or even carry a second knife to loan like some of us do.
I was at fishing camp one time and pulled out my knife to cut open a box. I laid it on the table beside me while I was taking things out of the box, then when I reached for it it was gone. My uncle had picked it up and was scaping a cast iron pot with it. This was before I learned how to properly sharpen and it took me 2 years to get that knife sharp again.
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Grrrrrr I don't even let people touch my knives I would be pissed
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lol yup
Could work!
Title was fine, 5 pages some laughs and some good info. My vote is the KME system if you don't mind droppin the $$.
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I'd put a good enough edge back on it to stab him with it.....Dexter style!!
Just kidding of course. Like a lot of irritating things people do, it's the principal of it. If he just used it "normally", that would be one thing...but abusing it like it seems he did, is another.
Just kidding of course. Like a lot of irritating things people do, it's the principal of it. If he just used it "normally", that would be one thing...but abusing it like it seems he did, is another.
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Wow man, this is exactly why I read threads on BF. I know all I need to know about knives at this point... but posts like this, priceless. Man, that's wild stuff brother!
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Always surprised how mechanically retarded some of my friends and family are. My brother in law and I can build engines or repair almost anything...the rest of em couldn't change a lawnmower spark plug..
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Their blade replacement is $30
And the OP needs to learn to sharpen. I once had a guy tell me that when a knife gets dull he just buys another...... lol. I just shook my head
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I corrected that error in the following post. Kershaw is $10.
Although I'd recommend practicing sharpening, even I wouldn't be comfortable sharpening my ZT. I highly recommend fellow member Jason B. for this.