Sharpener recommendation ?

Sharpmaker is a good bang for the buck. For more precision & flexibility, look at KME Sharpener. I'm very pleased with mine.

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Sharpmaker. Turns a completely clueless idiot (me) into someone who can keep a hair popping edge on his blades.
 
For keeping a knife sharp, the Spyderco Sharpmaker. But if you let your knives get really dull or you want to reprofile the edge, or you need to sharpen out some damage, the Sharpmaker really isn't fast enough and you will drive yourself crazy.

In addition to the Sharpmaker I recommend a good strop or 3 and diamond spray in several sizes though just some 1 micron is plenty to start or if you're not sharpening crazy yet. For today's high carbide content steels, especially the ones considered 'super steels', it makes a huge difference. Some people do just fine with the other various colored compounds and rouges, but I didn't have great luck with them and often rounded the edge and made my sharp knife dull. The diamond spray was a night and day difference for me and one of the best purchases I've made to go with the hobby.

I've got the Sharpmaker, Edgepro Apex, a guided clamp/rod/slot type (brand?), and paper wheels mounted to a bench grinder. I haven't used the others in a long time now that I am in the habit of touching up knives after every couple days of actual use. With the high wear resistant steels that take a long time to dull, I can usually just strip on the 1 micron diamond and be back to tree topping sharp after a few minutes. If not a minute or so on the fine white Sharpmaker rods is usually enough unless I gave the knife a good workout or cut a lot of cardboard.

For more serious sharpening I'm not sure what I would recommend as I don't have tons of experience with the others and wasn't super impressed with them as a beginner.
 
Everyone should have a Sharpmaker.
As said it then needs a "system" or large flat stone or diamond plate to compliment it when an edge needs to be reprofiled or nicks need removing.
Freehand on large stones isn't difficult but takes some technique. How many grit sizes is a personal choice.
Which systen is often discussed but thankfully there are some that now don't have to cost a kidney. Your call here.

At least once you have a good few sharpening essentials they last. Well worth the investment.

One very cheap option is car bodywork finishing papers, but they don't last and still add up once you have bought a few grits.
Lots of ways to do it. Lots of y tube to show you how.
 
I have done well with DMT Diamond stones, but unless you are ready for freehand the Sharpmaker is a good choice.
 
The Ruixin Pro 2nd gen. is a good system, cheap about $20 ebay, produces results as good as any $200-300 system. There is a thread on the forum that discusses this system. Worth a look. Or if you have plenty of money and want the best the Tsprof is a superior engineered system also reviewed in a thread on the forum.
 
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