Sharpen my knives?

[Karditsa]

Hi im a rookie when it comes to sharpening knives and i would like to get some knowledge about sharpening tools!

So, i got 1 knife at the moment, waiting for second knife.

This is my first knife:

The edge on my old kitchen knives are 10 times sharper than this little thing, i need a good tool to sharpen it up!


Im also waiting for my second knife, a Spyderco tenacious, i don't know how sharp it will be right out of the box so i need some tools to sharpen this one aswell.
I don't know if i can use the same tool to sharpen both of these knives since the blades are made out of different materials.

I really appreciate any help you can provide!

 

[Jason B.]

That knife might not have the best of materials used so making it sharp might be a bit difficult. It also has a complex blade grind that would be considered challenging even by the highly skilled. Personally, I would just put it away once you receive your spyderco with intentions to never use it again.

To buy sharpening gear it helps to know a budget and what type of stones you may be interested in.

 

[Karditsa]

That knife might not have the best of materials used so making it sharp might be a bit difficult. It also has a complex blade grind that would be considered challenging even by the highly skilled. Personally, I would just put it away once you receive your spyderco with intentions to never use it again.

To buy sharpening gear it helps to know a budget and what type of stones you may be interested in.

Yea, i think ill just keep the knife in my car since it got a glasshammer and a belt cutter, could be usefull if anything happens, but it would still be fun to sharpen it up (the blade is made of "1065 surgical steel"

 

[Karditsa]

That knife might not have the best of materials used so making it sharp might be a bit difficult. It also has a complex blade grind that would be considered challenging even by the highly skilled. Personally, I would just put it away once you receive your spyderco with intentions to never use it again.

To buy sharpening gear it helps to know a budget and what type of stones you may be interested in.

bah x.x dbl post

 

[Jason B.]

1065 is a medium carbon steel, surgical steel is just a added bit of marketing to make you believe it's "special". Used as a knife blade it's edge retention will be very low but could be tough depending on heat treatment.

 

[jobasha11]

I could almost garuntee that its not 1065. Its likely the standard poorly heat treated 420j2 or Chinese equivalent like in most of those chinese junk knives. Don't bother sharpening it. It can only hurt you in learning how to properly sharpen a knife. Wait until you get the tenacious to start learning.

 

[jinmo]

My son received a knife made by this same company, but it didn't have the recurve in the blade. It came to him dull with a horrible grind.

I sharpened it up for him just this weekend, so I can't speak to the edge retention of the knife. It sharpens easily, but again there isn't a recurve.

I personally think this would be a good knife to practice on and save the spyderco for when you understand a little more about sharpening. That said, I would recommend the sharpmaker for sharpening. It will handle the recurve and the Tenacious without a large learning curve.

 

[HeavyHanded]

It would be a bit challenging to keep the transition from the belly to the recurve nice and crisp. I'm sure if you lowered the angle a bit and didn't try to get it too refined it could take a reasonable edge. Would be a real learning experience once you have a basic skill set in freehand sharpening.