Question about Lansky Dog Bone sharpener?

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OmegaA

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Hello, guys,
Do I need to use oil to sharpen knives on Dog Bone? I saw only once how this sharpener works and was quite impressed, do you find it very convenient for sharpening while camping/travelling/hiking?
Regards,
 
OmegaA said:
Hello, guys,
Do I need to use oil to sharpen knives on Dog Bone? I saw only once how this sharpener works and was quite impressed, do you find it very convenient for sharpening while camping/travelling/hiking?
Regards,
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The name "Dog Bone" comes from the shape of the sharpener, the actual sharpening rod is ceramic, and no you don't need oil. I carry one of these in my daypack all the time, they are a great field sharpener.
 
Nope, no oil, and it's the best easy sharpener I own. I mean, it's no Apex EdgePro, but it does the job nice and quick.
 
With respect to this type of sharpener, I tend to use my Gatco Triceps more. It is ceramic and is similar in color to the medium Spyderco Sharpmaker rods. Just thought I would mention it, in case you had not heard of it.

The end caps on the Gatco have a built in angle, but I have no idea where they came up with the angle they use. It can be ignored in favor of ones own angle, and I am usually just holding it in my hand anyway.
 
I would agree - it's pretty convenient. I have the rubberized surface one, which seems to do serrations pretty well., though I don't use serrated edges all that much. I had to get a sharpener for serrated edges for my newly acquired Buck/Strider 887SBT Police Advocate :D . I just got the ceramic one in the fishing dept. at Wal-Mart the other day. It seems pretty fine, so it would probably work OK for touch up stuff. There is another one which uses diamond grit as well, I believe. The one that I use the most is red DMT portable one - it's about 320 grit - I got it for about $14.00 CDN. It folds into a pretty small space and you can clip it pretty easy. Needs a bit of water to clean off. It's pretty agressive compared to the two dogbones that I have and I use it mostly when I dull an edge - it moves steel pretty quick :eek: I have a green diafold one as well, which is quite fine, but I've had that thing for a few years and it's done a LOT of edges.

Hope this helps - gord
 
Thank you!
Actually, I did not know about Gatco. Some forums suggest they are better than Lansky.
Are there other knife sharpeners of this type except Lansky and Gatco?
 
My original one did not. The edges are rounded coarse steels, the flats are fine, and than chisel edge works great; it is squared so it make a good prying surface, and a good scraper. A lot of folks must agree, because it is being brought back by popular demand. Schrade has made something similar, but longer, and not of the same quality.
 
Donald said:
The end caps on the Gatco have a built in angle, but I have no idea where they came up with the angle they use.
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Does anyone know what angle the caps are at?
 
My lansky dog bone had little tiny bumps all over it. Bumps, not grit.
It just tears up my edge and makes it dull and ragged.
 
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