Sharpening a Military?

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Eric R

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Hey Sal or anyone-

I can get my Endura/Delica/everything else back to razor sharp on my 204, but I'm leery of the Military because of the chisel grind (if that's what it is).

How does Spyderco recommend sharpening this assymetrical grind on the 204?

Thanks!

Eric
 
Eric,

My Military is flat ground. Definitely not chisel or asymmetrical.

If you have a sharpmaker I would suggest sharpening it in the standard manner.

Works for me.

Blues

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Blues-

Sorry about the lack of precision in my description. I assumed it was a chisel grind since the one side is completely flat, which leads me to believe that the other side has a different angle than the 204 is set for...
 
Thanks Sal-

What about the plain tip, or a plain Military?

I hope I'm not being dense here, I just don't wnt to screw up such a fantastic knife.
 
The military in 440V plain edge is a hard blade to sharpen by hand. I use the edge pro apex and it works great. It took a few minutes to regrind the bevel, but it sure takes an edge!! Had the knife 4 months, use it daily, and only sharpened it once! The blade tapers and gets thinner over its length. This was not a problem with the apex. The factory edge was a bit asymmetrical, but it did not look like a chisel grind. I use the sharpmaker for serrations, but use the edge pro for every thing else, even my 21 inch khukuri.
Jim

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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??

 
I just recently acquired a Military and was curious if the DMT sharpening stones would work vs the sharpmaker(which I do not have)

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Eric - Plain edge should be no problem either (on the Sharpmaker). Just follow the instructions. It has a small learning curve, but is is very effective and almost impossible to ruin a knife.

Scarman - The DMT stone will work well on the plain edge. We do not recommend a tapered rod on serrations.

sal
 
Forgive my ignorance but what's so bad with the DMT tapered rod? I actually have one and have briefly touched up my Native with it.

Can you (or anyone else for that matter) recommend an alternate sharpening device for the serrations? I'm afraid of rounding the serrations out with the Sharpmaker and don't mind putting in the time doing each one, one by one. TIA

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ET

 
ET - As one strokes an individual serration with a tapered rod, the taper changes the diameter of the serration constantly. After two or three sharpenings, one can no longer tell where the original grind was.

If you want to sharpen one serration at a time, the "proper" size chain saw files will work, but will not produce the crisp edge of ceramic. I still think the best is the Sharpmaker using a very slow stroke so it takes many many sharpenings before the teeth are actually rounded off. It is using the Sharpmaker too fast that creates tooth distortion.

sal
 
Slow and steady on the Sharpmaker it is then. Thank you Sal for pointing that out to me.

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