Sharpening a fillet knife?

[glocker199]

How do you sharpen your fillet knife? I just bought a Kershaw and its about as sharp as a 2x4. Between the length of the blade and the flex I'm not sure how to pit a decent edge on it. It's 420J2 so it shouldn't take much. Does anyone make a ceramic pull through sharpener that has a 40 degree or so inclusive?

 

[SOFileworks]

Smith's makes a nice pull through sharpener called a Pocket Pal that has a carbide sharpener on one side and ceramic on the other. There's also a small flip-out diamond steel on the bottom in case you have any serrations you need to work on...got all your fillet knife bases covered with one of those. It's 45 degrees but works great for fillet knives anyway. I've got a couple of them and they work just fine for softer steel blades like that. Not sure if this will work or not, but here's a pic of it. It should cost you about 10 bucks or so at a Walmart or Kmart. Hope this helps

 

[glocker199]

Smith's makes a nice pull through sharpener called a Pocket Pal that has a carbide sharpener on one side and ceramic on the other. There's also a small flip-out diamond steel on the bottom in case you have any serrations you need to work on...got all your fillet knife bases covered with one of those. It's 45 degrees but works great for fillet knives anyway. I've got a couple of them and they work just fine for softer steel blades like that. Not sure if this will work or not, but here's a pic of it. View attachment 472859 It should cost you about 10 bucks or so at a Walmart or Kmart. Hope this helps

Thanks.

 

[AntDog]

I use my Sharpmaker. The blades flex a little, but just hold it straight up and down and let it flex. Use the corners only. No flats. It'll get sharp...

 

[RevDevil]

Moved to MTE.
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