Sharpen D2 Steel blade

Sharpmaker, Wicked Edge, KME, anything will work just fine for regular sharpening. Diamond stones for reprofiling..
 
I use the Edge Pro Apex and it works like a charm. It's not a cheap system but I can get a mirror polished edge on any steel in no time at all.
 
Kme for me. Very easy snd fast witj diamond stones. Work yourself a good burr with the coarse stones first.
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
What Rev said.
The same way you would sharpening any other knife. D2 takes a rough or coarse edge so to speak, but will hold it very well.
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The edge on my JYD pictured above is very fine and VERY sharp. Possibly because it's CPM D2 and not plain D2?
 
I use my trusty Lansky system with diamond coarse and fine stones then their wet stones finishing off with the ceramic stones and a stropping...works on all the high steels I've tried thus far.
 
TotalDbag said:
The edge on my JYD pictured above is very fine and VERY sharp. Possibly because it's CPM D2 and not plain D2?
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Doesn't matter, Both will take a scary sharp polished edge. And hold it for a VERY long time. CPM *may* hold it for a little longer. Either way D2 is awesome!
 
CPM-D2 is very different from standard D2 not only in sharpening but the type of edge they do best with. CPM-D2 tends to do a little better with a slight polish while standard D2 likes a very coarse edge. Both also have the ability to be finely polished producing very clean mirror finishes, of the two CPM-D2 is MUCH easier to polish.

While CPM-D2 sharpens without too much trouble standard D2 can be a pain to sharpen even when you have all the fancy tools. So over the years I discovered simple is best with standard D2. I use a Fine Silicon carbide stone to sharpen the use the slurry created on the stone as a strop paste on a piece of leather. It's a very fast and simple method that produces scary sharp results.
 
It's amazing how different my D2 blades react to my stones but it's still a nice trade-off when realizing you dont have to sharpen it again for a few months...depending on how you use it I guess ;).
DMT dia folds, spyd ceramics and a strop work fine.
 
D2, like other high carbide steels, responds well to diamond hones. Coarser hones seem to work best for slicing flesh or fiber, but you can get a polished edge with finer hones.
 
I use DMT diamond stones, and they work great on my Kershaw and Benchmade D2 blades. Tried sharpening them on Arkansas stones before, but it felt like I was scraping off more stone than steel.
 
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