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Great choices Mark, your knives will be sharp now, I'd stop after you get hair cutting sharp, after that it's called: "Dangerous Sharp" and you'll just be visiting the doctor! enjoy and good luck..
 
markhait said:
Just bought a SharpMaker on E-bay for $50.50 including shipping.
Thanks to everyone who chimed up with their $.02
Once I receive it, I will post again on how it went.
Thanks again!
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Congratulations on the purchase of your Sharpmaker. $50.00 sounds like a reasonable price for it. This system has the potential to make your knives razor sharp, however it takes practice to reach this point. In any event, don't feel frustrated if you don't get there immediately; you will eventually. Sharpening is a huge chapter in itself and there are a lot of things for all of us to learn about it. The key point IMO is having fun while doing it.

I believe that lots of us who frequent the Bladeforums have experienced the assistance of others once we asked for it. That's what makes this place a great one.

Take care with your razor sharp knives:) .
 
Take your time and pay attention to what you're doing, follow the advice you've already gotten here, and the directions for your Sharpmaker... you'll be fine. Sharpening isn't as much of a secret science as some folks seem to think. Once you get the hang of it, you may find yourself sitting down at the kitchen table with every knife in the house, just because you can :) My only caveat is, be careful who you show your nice clean-edged razor sharp knives to... you may find yourself with more friends' knives to sharpen than your own...
 
GibsonFan said:
Take your time and pay attention to what you're doing, follow the advice you've already gotten here, and the directions for your Sharpmaker... you'll be fine. Sharpening isn't as much of a secret science as some folks seem to think. Once you get the hang of it, you may find yourself sitting down at the kitchen table with every knife in the house, just because you can :) My only caveat is, be careful who you show your nice clean-edged razor sharp knives to... you may find yourself with more friends' knives to sharpen than your own...
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I find lots of wisdom in this:thumbup:!
 
StretchNM said:
Sharpmaker.

Equipment you need:
- Spyderco Sharpmaker ($45 or so online)
- Black Magic Marker or Sharpie Marker ($1 Walmart)
- 2sq ft of counter, kitchen table, or shop space (priceless)
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That's too funny. And it is true. The sad truth is that 90% of the popualtion couldn't sharpen a damn thing by hand. I can but I bought the Sharpmaker just to see what all the fuss was about. To make a long story short I have ben useing it ever since. I still like to grab a stone and have at it but damn it's so easy. lol Get yourself one and watck the video that comes with it. You can't go wrong.:D
 
bishop85gt said:
That's too funny. And it is true. The sad truth is that 90% of the popualtion couldn't sharpen a damn thing by hand. I can but I bought the Sharpmaker just to see what all the fuss was about. To make a long story short I have ben useing it ever since. I still like to grab a stone and have at it but damn it's so easy. lol Get yourself one and watck the video that comes with it. You can't go wrong.:D
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Agreed. The video/DVD makes it so simple a monkey could sharpen a knife to shaving sharp.

And once you've sharpened via this method, you will more greatly understand the free hand methods, using flatstones and such. So it teaches you more than jsut how this device works, it also teaches the principal and the angles.

You'll be fine, it's easy.
 
sicily02 said:
Mark take a black marker and run it down the lenth of the blade on both the sharpsides this is called the bevel. now take the knife and put on a sharpening stone and put the knife at around 20 degrees angle and act as if you are trying to shave off a peice of it then look at the edge what is left of the marker will tell you what area you sharpened and what area you did not then repeat the process. this is how i learned to sharpen my knives and i get them hair poppin sharp i use a fine stone and if i get it really dull then i will
go to a course, medium, then fine. but 90 percent of the time i use a fine grit
stone. hope this helps and i hope i explained it right to you.
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That's just the way I learned only I use a blue sharpie.:D
 
GibsonFan said:
Take your time and pay attention to what you're doing, follow the advice you've already gotten here, and the directions for your Sharpmaker... you'll be fine. Sharpening isn't as much of a secret science as some folks seem to think. Once you get the hang of it, you may find yourself sitting down at the kitchen table with every knife in the house, just because you can :) My only caveat is, be careful who you show your nice clean-edged razor sharp knives to... you may find yourself with more friends' knives to sharpen than your own...
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Ain't that the truth.:thumbup:
 
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