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Sharpening A 7 to 9" blade?C

Obsessed with Edges said:
You're welcome. Yes, the rods'll fit just fine in the 40 degree setting, as well. I'd used 'em yesterday on a knife with a pretty narrow bevel, so the 30 side worked for that job.

I was doing a little more Googling, looking to see if there were still some of these out there, somewhere. Came across an archived image of an old newspaper ad from 1980. Some dealer, at the time, had them on sale for $4.99 (regular price: $7.99). Not bad quality at all, at that price. The rods alone are well worth it. Wish I'd known well enough to look for more than one set.
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Yeah Sharpmaker are what, about $55 bucks give or take?

To the OP for hi-jacking your thead - I sharpened free hand with DMT Diafolds - my Junglas, Western W-49, Ka-Bar USMC and some no-name Bowie "kit" knife. All to shaving sharp too. You need a black/blue (x-coarse/coarse), a blue/red (coarse/fine), and a green/tan (x-fine/xx-fine). One redundancy - the additional blue side opposite the x-coarse grit dia-fold. If you try to get away with buying the single x-coarse only - you won't be able to use the aligner clamp if you want to use the aligner clamp for a really perfect edge as the height will change.
 
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