On sharpening our little friends...

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Technoknight

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Hello. Let's talk about sharpening; one of those subjects where everyone has to be right...so here is what I feel is right: To begin my sharpening process on plain edged knives, I start on a EZE-LAP 26F diamond stone. I use a a circular motion until I create a burr/wire/feather/little-metal-thing-that-keeps-bending on the one side, I turn the knife over and do the same with equal pressure to raise a burr on the side facing me. Sweating yet? You shouldn't be. I continue on the EZE-LAP not changing the angle but using lighter and lighter and lighter pressure...repeat other side. I move on to a ceramic Tri-SEPS military sharpener, raising the angle about 3-5 degrees, and stroking oh-so-lightly alternating sides as I go, I do this about 3 times... I then strop on my pant leg, then on my hand. (It is amazing how sharp it will be because of how you honed with your natural hand acid/sweat) wipe blade with rag at finish.

I hope this helps a few of you and if you doubt my method I sharpen knives in my area professionally...I KNOW what I am talking about...BTW if you DO know more then please show me up...


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CONGRATULATIONS:
You just invented sharpening.
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That hurt...
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Technoknight:
That hurt...
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That's not the proper response to invoke fear in your enemies
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Sarcasm is a fact of life, get used to it. It's all in good fun.
A topic like this where someone new to the forums tries to rescue us dummies from our own ignorance is going to take a few hits.

Sharpening is a pretty common topic, and there is a sharpening section in the FAQ which is linked to in the Bladeforums start page.
Should be of interest to all of us.

Personally, I use a method similar to yours when using stones, but generally rely on a Spyderco Sharpmaker and a couple of strops (canvas and leather-leather one loaded with a polishing compound).

Welcome to the forums. Have fun with it.
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Technoknight:
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That’s a swiss thing. Here we give one hand to shake and with the other one a slap in the face to say hello.
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Bye Kurt




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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Technoknight [in his other post asking about this one]:
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Technoknight, here is what I do, as far as hand held stones and freehand sharpening goes, I prefer to start off on a coarse gray stone. The kind you get at Sears. It's about 8" x 2" x 1". I don't go in circles because I don't like how grind lines will look. I go in forward only strokes and sharpen until a burr is raised and the bevel is completely flat (so it's not several different angles of edge). Then I switch sides and raise the burr on the other side and make that edge bevel even.

I prefer to sharpen at about 15-degrees, though most people like 20-degrees. I don't mind resharpening more often and I prefer the additional sharpness. Usually after the coarse stone, I flip it over (it's a combination stone) and go to the medium side and do the same steps, and then switch a hard Arkansas stone. That gets a lot of the deep grind lines out. The final step for me is a leather belt with white rouge. Polishes the edges beautifully (but if you raise the angle higher than the edge's angle or push down too hard on the leather, it will round the edges and dull it slightly).

As for an angle guided rig, I used to use an Edge Pro. Get's the perfect angle if you hold the blade on the blade bed steadily. Coarse, medium, extra fine (skip the fine, because the extra fine cuts almost as fast), ultra fine, 3000-grit polishing tape, and then strop it on fine leather with a little rouge. Beautiful almost mirror like finish. Just push it against the hair on your head and hair starts falling out.

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Perhaps I have an overdeveloped fear of rust and corrosion, but the idea of smearing a freshly sharpened blade with my hand acids & oils makes me feel queasy. I prefer to strop on a light piece of cardboard (such as the back of a pad of office paper).

-Razor

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Its a good post but most of us I think don't know the stones by name that you call out. I am familiar with EZlap but I prefer DMT but I don't know what 26F means. Is the F fine? and 26 mean 2X6 also what is a ceramic Tri-SEPS military sharpener. Ultra fine?

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