sharpening an Izula on a sharpmaker

[ballsagne]

I have not come to the point where I have to sharpen my Izula yet...of course... But I was just wondering what angle would be best to sharpen it on with a spyderco sharpmaker (40 or 30), or if I should even sharpen it on the sharpmaker at all...one problem is that I cant freehand very well, I guess I should practice up on that...

 

[hwpaintballer]

What do you use your Izula for?

 

[knerd]

40 if you want to stick with the factory angles.

 

[ballsagne]

Right now Im just using it as an EDC and for utility purposes I still have yet to take it into the woods and really test it out

 

[hwpaintballer]

Utility I would stick to 40, if you ever decide to turn it into a kitchen knife then 30 would probably be a little better.

 

[ballsagne]

sounds good thanks...I am a wildlife major and I intend on using this knife fairly hard so I think a utility edge would probably be best, one thing is for sure, this being my first rat, I definitely want to buy more haha probably another azula, an RC-4 and something big....

 

[hunter s thompson]

Utility I would stick to 40, if you ever decide to turn it into a kitchen knife then 30 would probably be a little better.

Or you could convex it. Nice little project and it makes for a very nice hard use edge.

 

[razorback1595]

Utility I would stick to 40, if you ever decide to turn it into a kitchen knife then 30 would probably be a little better.

if i'd turn it in a kitchen knife i'd try to freehand it at 20 with a microbevel of 30-40 or so
Or convex works awesome for me now

 

[Billy516]

I do mine on the Sharpmaker at 40 and it works brilliantly. Same with my RC-3.

 

[Billy516]

Oops, double post.

 

[lukacsmihaly]

Or you could convex it. Nice little project and it makes for a very nice hard use edge.

Amen to that brother!

 

[mainewoods]

I do mine on the Sharpmaker at 40 and it works brilliantly. Same with my RC-3. :thumbup:

Billy I too use 40 works very very well:thumbup:

 

[Mobile-eyez]

Yea I'm down with the 40 idea also. Sounds like a steep angle, but it'd work well on that 1095

 

[Jayrock]

I use 40 on a sharpmaker and it is perfectly sharp for any duty.