Q's: How do you sharpen this knife?

[miuamiu]

Hey guys- Can you please tell me how do I sharpen this knife? Would it be difficult or is it better to send it in? Thanks for your time everyone!

Thanks for your time.

 

[Joben]

Could you explain a little?

Is there something about this knife that makes it particularly hard to sharpen? Or do you not sharpen your own knives in general?

 

[samid]

This is called a "recurve" blade. Google is your friend, but here's one link that you might find useful: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90315

 

[HoosierQ]

The recurve makes it tough because you need a curved stone or rod and with that, you have very little abrasive surface in contact with the edge. I'll bet a paper wheel would do the job but I haven't done that and it takes practice I guess just like any other method. You could do it with a diamond steel but, depending on how dull...and thus how much metal needs to be removed (and what that metal is)...it might take a very long time.

 

[Dorito Monk]

Tell Crom the riddle of steel and he will make it sharp for you. :thumbup:

Honestly I hate sharpening recurve blades, so I generally avoid them like the plague. I've had decent success with ceramic rods, though.

 

[freedoom]

as long as you can follow the curve you can sharpen it on a spyderco sharpmaker pretty easily. I've never owned a recurve blade simply because i don't like the look of most of them.

 

[miuamiu]

Could you explain a little?

Is there something about this knife that makes it particularly hard to sharpen? Or do you not sharpen your own knives in general?

I never sharpened a knife before, and I don't want to make any mistakes which is why I was asking. :/

 

[crom]

I am here. HAHA, get yourself a rod system like the Spyderco Sharpmaker or even the Lansky crocSticks. Just follow the instructions. If you don't let it get too dull it will be super easy to maintain a great edge.

 

[-Ranger-]

One piece of advice; if you've never sharpened a knife before, you may not want to experiment with that one.
Go buy a couple cheapo knives and practice on those first.

 

[kreole]

I reprofiled an HK15210, which is a recurve like that, with a Lanksy clamp setup fine. It sharpened on a Sharpmaker fine and works on a strop, too.

 

[m_calingo]

One piece of advice; if you've never sharpened a knife before, you may not want to experiment with that one.
Go buy a couple cheapo knives and practice on those first.

This is actually pretty good advice--the only time I'd say to get a cheap $5 truck stop special is to practice your sharpening skills with.

The Spyderco sharpener does a good job with recurves.

 

[J.Mattson]

This is actually pretty good advice--the only time I'd say to get a cheap $5 truck stop special is to practice your sharpening skills with.

The Spyderco sharpener does a good job with recurves.

+1

The Sharpmaker works very nicely on re-curved blades. Though the re-curve on the Skirmish isn’t so dramatic that other methods wouldn’t work.

 

[johniac7078]

Hey guys- Can you please tell me how do I sharpen this knife? Would it be difficult or is it better to send it in? Thanks for your time everyone!

Thanks for your time.

edge pro with thin stones. then strop to finish, green compound.

 

[BladeChemist]

Gosh, I guess I'll just restate what everyone already said.

Sharpmaker
Edge Pro with 1/2" stones
Rod sharpener

And as was already stated, learning to sharpen with a recurve might put you off learning to sharpen.

 

[sambo.]

I never sharpened a knife before, and I don't want to make any mistakes which is why I was asking. :/

you won't learn to sharpen a knife without making a few mistakes along the way.

i'd suggest getting a slightly easier knife to learn on. a Mora Clipper would be pretty perfect for such a task.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Experiment with sharpening some kitchen knives first. The tool I use for recurves is an Ultimate Edge ultra-fine diamond steel. It has a broad oval contour that fits inside the recurve but does not concentrate honing on an extremely narrow contact point:
http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=UE10NUF

 

[KennyB]

I think using a serrated sharper from one of the Lasky/Gatco kits would work well for a recurve...since serrations are just a bunch of little recurves.

 

[RevDevil]

Same way I sharpened this:

Edge Pro Apex

One piece of advice; if you've never sharpened a knife before, you may not want to experiment with that one.
Go buy a couple cheapo knives and practice on those first.

Better yet, practice on a small kitchen knife. Everyone has that old knife that is as dull as a spoon sitting in their knife drawer that no one uses or talks about.

 

[link2derek]

Do yourself a favor and buy a cheap knife to practice on because you'll likely screw up the blade several times before you get a feel for it.

 

[Chocula]

Do yourself a favor and buy a cheap knife to practice on because you'll likely screw up the blade several times before you get a feel for it.

I am curious, did you read the previous posts or just the OP? I find it amusing that this point was mentioned 6 times already but you wanted to mention it again.