Quick/easy sharpening.

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I have 2 S30V knives, and one VG-10 knife which all need to be sharpened. I use to pay someone to sharpen my knifes, but want to start to sharpen myself. Any easy/quick ways to sharpen? I've tried a sharpening rod on my VG-10 and the results weren't bad.
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The quickest way is a belt sander and a strop.
The knife doesn't last long that way though.

I prefer water stones and I bow down before my Edge Pro Apex sharpener and get all misty when ever I think of the edges that it produces. Not super quick though and takes some learning.

Produces the kind of edge that . . . if you make a little whoopsy while cutting up a cardboard box ten minutes later you may happen to notice that your leg is off. Yah they are pretty effective.
 
I bought a Smith system at Lowe's for $18 and I love it!
I used to think my knives were sharp and they were sorry of. Now they're razor sharp. Even my new Griptilian is sharper than new.
I would go for a guided system at first. See if you can use it successfully and then decide if a diamond stone or water stones are your cup of tea.

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I have found the quickest and easiest way to sharpen is to be really good at it.

The picture of a steel grooved honing rod made me cringe a bit, not gonna lie, so I will start by saying that is not sharpening. Honing rods are good for soft German steel or soft carbon butcher knives. In most cases they are used completely wrong and do more damage to the edge than the user realizes. It would be bad news on your S30V knives due to hardness and alloy content so avoid that.

I would recommend a coarse/fine DMT diamond plate, DMT aligner clamp and a strop with some diamond compound. The clamp will hold your angle steady while the diamonds quickly sharpen the edge and the strop for final clean-up. The clamp is a good teaching tool and will allow you to advance to freehand easier.
 
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