Recomendation for a sharpening system wanted

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TerryL

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I am interested in purchasing a knife sharpening system. Can anyone recomend a quality system for home use, I am not a professional.
Terry
 
I picked up Spyderco Sharpmaker 204 last weekend and it works great! Easy to use and quick to set up. I had searched on the forums to see what others were using and for the cash (50 at a gun show) it fit my requierments (recurved blades, serrations, and abitlity to back bevel an edge) exactly.
Brian
 
I know most people here will recommend the Spyderco Sharpmaker...I have one and I like it. However, I recently got turned on to Japanese Waterstones by Dan O'Malley of www.bladegallery.com - I love these things...much better than the sharpmaker, but it does take more time to learn.

http://www-rcs.ee.washington.edu/~mitchlum/art329final/sharpening.html

That link is to a page I made for an art project.
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~Mitch

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The Sharpmaker 204 is sensational for somebody without a whole lot of knife sharpening experience. Actually, the Sharpmaker is great for anybody with experiance. It's just plain good.
 
Go with the sharpmaker-- you won't be disappointed. It is easy to use, and it pretty much sharpens everything that needs sharpening around the house-- knives, scissors, darts, awls, fishooks, and other pointy things, as well as things you didn't even know needed sharpening, like potato peelers and nail clippers. It sets up in seconds, cleans up easily, doesn't make a mess when you use it, won't scratch your blades, and stores away in its own base. Geeze, this sounds like an infommercial...
--Josh

[This message has been edited by Josh Feltman (edited 06-12-2001).]
 
For most of us the Sharpmaker is ideal for routine sharpening, but you need something else for the really tough jobs. The tough jobs are either specially dull knives or medium-dull knives made from particularly hard alloys. I would get the Sharpmaker and also get a fast cutting bench hone for the tough jobs. An inexpensive bench hone would be a large coarse/medium grit silicon carbide hone from Sears or Home Depot (the brand name is not critical, but Norton would be one of the best). I would get one that was at least 8 inches long. Expect to spend between $5-$20 for one of these. If you are willing to spend more I would look at your local woodworker's store for a Japanese Water Stone or a diamond bench hone. Longer is better for these as well. DMT diamond hones seem to last well. Both the water stone and the diamond hone cut faster and smoother for me than the average silicon carbide hone, but they usually cost more than $50.00. If you don't do much heavy sharpening you might just go with the silicon carbide.


[This message has been edited by Jeff Clark (edited 06-12-2001).]
 
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You can also use flat benchstones such as the diamond-coated ones from DMT, and a simple clamp-type guide such as the one available from Razor Edge Systems, if you want to keep it simple. There are some excellent books available from Razor Edge and also from Lee Valley Tools (www.leevalley.com) which will give you all you need to know to sharpen practically anything (except wits
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