Sharpener for Serrated egdes?

[Gary W. Graley]

I have both the triangle sharpening kit and the Profile, but I was wondering if Spyderco will be coming out with a sharpener, two diameters: one to fit the larger groove and another that would fit the smaller grove?

I also have the DMT spike but I would like to be able to fill the groove on all sides

Thanks,
G2

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[This message has been edited by Gary W. Graley (edited 06 April 1999).]

 

[Harri]

Hi!

Doesn't the Profile just do that? To me it seems that the large and the small radius is just about perfect for the different grooves of SpyderEdge.

Harri

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Not to my liking, since it is curved it attacks one side at a time, what I would like to see is a sharpener with the same diameter as each groove, so that when you sharpen the edge your not changing the `profile' of the groove, just moving metal at all the points in each of the grooves area. I like the Profile stones that Spyderco makes in fact I like all the stones they have so far, I've got the double stuff, Profile, TriAngleSharpmaker,All three grades of ceramic flat stones as well as the Big Norton Cradle which I use to get me down to the Sypderco grade of sharpeners. Lastly a board with leather glued on and green buffing compound for stropping.

Thanks,
G2

 

[Sal Glesser]

We have designed a double radius slipstone to eventually be made with coarse diamonds. However, the diamonds for the new TriAngle Sharpmaker must come first. Also have plans some time in the future for a diamond profile.
sal

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks Mr. Glesser that sounds like just the ticket! I just got another Spydie last night, a Howard Viele with serrated edges, needed to be sharpened. I used the Profile stones and then buffed the blade out to a razor edge, but the buffing part seems to knock down the profile of the serrations over time, I had a Police model that started to look more like a straight edge than serrated. Traded it though. I like having at least one serrated blade for the tough stuff to cut, but my main edges are plain or chisel edges. The new Calypso with VG10 is a beaut! Very nice...

Thanks again,
G2

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[Harri]

Sorry I was a way for a while... I checked my Profile and you, Gary, were right. It doesn't quite fit the serrations. (And that's the reason why I bought the fine profile... one reseller told me it's designed that way... oh well)

Ok, so I have the Rescue '98 and the fine Profile. How should I sharpen the Rescue. I know the user guide (which I didn't get with the file, but Spyderco customer service mailed my it later - thanks guys!) says I should drag the whole blade over the smaller radius corner from the both sides with 20 degrees angle (in short). Is this really the best way? I still think it would be better to sharpen each serration separately, and use the profile on the backside of the blade only to remove the pur. How do you do it?

Harri

[This message has been edited by Harri (edited 19 March 1999).]

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thats about how I do it, in fact I just swapped a Calypso for a Howard Viele and needed to sharpen it, (the Calypso was an extra that I had, never get rid of one of them!)
I used my Profiles to slowly ride the groove from one edge point to the other, then take the burr off the back side with the flat of the stone, careful not to nick the blade with the top of the stone! real easy to do. May have to repeat this to get the wire edge off, I finish up by buffing the blade out to make it razor sharp. Sometimes if the edge is really dull I use the spike from DMT to recreate the bevel. But I do one serration at a time.

Good luck with yours, I can hardly wait for the new stones to come out!

G2

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it's the money.
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