Sharpening a tanto point

[Johnny_Z]

I was putting my Sharpmaker to work and ran into a slight problem: I have a CS Voyager and am not sure how to sharpen the chisel tip. Do I continue to hold the knife in the horizontal position or do I go vertical and sharpen in an up-n-down motion?

Hopefully that question makes sense enough to answer.

 

[Zerileous]

never sharpened the tanto, but i would sharpen the flat normally, the treat the tanto as if it were a regular edge, as in you will be almost pushing forward in a thrusting motion but at a strange down-cocked angle.

 

[Walking Man]

Becareful not to round the tip,
I'd start from the point where the edges meet, and work away from the center, not towards it.

 

[GarageBoy]

Just forget about the sharpmaker, and use the rods flat on the base. Sharpen it like a v edged chisel

 

[MelancholyMutt]

Sharpen it as two seperate edges...
align the second edge as you would your primary... since it's so short, use a flat stone or something similar to a flat stone.