sharpening busse

I have never been big on "sharpeners" - mostly because I'm too cheap. Before I switched to a belt sander, I was all about the mousepad and sandpaper method. Takes forever, but I could usually get sharp enough to shave arm hair.

I'm not the one to be answering that question, though - my sharpening skills suck. After I'm done with a knife, the edge is almost as bad as a Busse factory edge :eek: :foot:



I kid, I kid... :D :D :D :D
 
MustardMan said:
The most impressive I've seen was push cutting toilet paper, but hair whittling is right up there. Very awesome feats either way.

My belt sander-fu is not up to par. I can do hair shaving sharp, but hair whittling is beyond me.
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I got it to pushcut toilet paper last night, it's not as clean as newspaper, but it didn't really tear. I can't sharpen "pretty" yet like ban or norcal, but i've gotten decent with getting it sharp.
 
I'm looking for the best non-powered way. I am still practicing but not having much luck with mousepad/loaded strop. Still got my Arkasas stone when desperate. From what I am reading on bladeforums, Edge Pro or Wicked Edge sharpeners might be the way to go. My goal is a strong shaving edge.
 
FWIW--- I have a piece of mouse pad glued to a thin piece of wood. I'll drape a piece of 320 wet/dry sand paper over that and just work the edge till I get a burr. Then, lightly buff it off.
 
I just read a lengthy link from 3/09 bladeforums where the EdgePro and WickedEdge camps both make their points. I am still undecided. I would like to just strop it but I seem to make knives dull even with a feather touch.
 
acemaster said:
I just read a lengthy link from 3/09 bladeforums where the EdgePro and WickedEdge camps both make their points. I am still undecided. I would like to just strop it but I seem to make knives dull even with a feather touch.
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An Edge Pro would be the best sharpening investment you can make. ;)
 
Ankerson said:
An Edge Pro would be the best sharpening investment you can make. ;)
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I think it's probably the most overpriced piece of equipment on the market right now, I swear strider and edge pro got together and realized "hey if we make our product super expensive, people with extra money will think it's special. This coming from someone who has owned both.

If you want to stick with a vgrind, save your money and buy some DMT diamond stones/aligner and learn to freehand. A good stropping at the end.

Actually if you really want to save some money, go buy some sandpaper and a piece of glass, and some leather. I'm relatively new to sharpening, but my knives end up a lot sharper free hand than they do on an edge pro or any other system, in just about the same amount of time.
 
230grains said:
I think it's probably the most overpriced piece of equipment on the market right now, I swear strider and edge pro got together and realized "hey if we make our product super expensive, people with extra money will think it's special. This coming from someone who has owned both.

If you want to stick with a vgrind, save your money and buy some DMT diamond stones/aligner and learn to freehand. A good stropping at the end.

Actually if you really want to save some money, go buy some sandpaper and a piece of glass, and some leather. I'm relatively new to sharpening, but my knives end up a lot sharper free hand than they do on an edge pro or any other system, in just about the same amount of time.
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I still have my Japanese water Stones I have had for over 25 years, and believe me they weren't cheap. ;)

IMO if one can afford Strider and Busses than an Edge Pro is a drop in the bucket. ;)
 
Lefty55 said:
Has anyone tried a paper wheel for sharpening? I have heard that they will put a very sharp edge on a knife in no time. I have not tried one before but have been thinking of giving one try. Here is link to the product:

http://users.ameritech.net/knives/paper.htm
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I have been thinking about those, but I don't have a place to setup a bench grinder permanently right now. That might change in the future though.
 
Ankerson said:
I still have my Japanese water Stones I have had for over 25 years, and believe me they weren't cheap. ;)

IMO if one can afford Strider and Busses than an Edge Pro is a drop in the bucket. ;)
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It's not so much not being able to afford one as its just the point. The edge pro does NOTHING you can't do with a decent set of stones for MUCH cheaper. In fact it does nothing a cheapo lansky kit and a strop can't do if you want to still use a "system". It does a good job IMO, but not something a million other methods won't do. They're priced the same way striders are, high enough for people to think they're BEST. It's why I replaced my striders with ZT series folders, more bang for my buck.
 
Lefty55 said:
Has anyone tried a paper wheel for sharpening? I have heard that they will put a very sharp edge on a knife in no time. I have not tried one before but have been thinking of giving one try. Here is link to the product:

http://users.ameritech.net/knives/paper.htm
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I have a belt sander set up and a buffer with the paper wheels on it. I never use the paper wheels anymore, except on friends knives who don't want a convex edge. They do work great however for vgrinds and get them very sharp, very fast.
 
230grains said:
It's not so much not being able to afford one as its just the point. The edge pro does NOTHING you can't do with a decent set of stones for MUCH cheaper. In fact it does nothing a cheapo lansky kit and a strop can't do if you want to still use a "system". It does a good job IMO, but not something a million other methods won't do. They're priced the same way striders are, high enough for people to think they're BEST. It's why I replaced my striders with ZT series folders, more bang for my buck.
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My Water Stones cost me twice as much as the Edge Pro back 25 years ago when I bought them. ;)

Really good high quality stones aren't cheap.
 
No, high quality stones are not cheap, but I don't see the need in spending 100's of dollars on stones when you can pick up a few DMT diamond hones and a strop for 1/3 of the cost and get the same end result. Hair splitting is hair splitting and it's the final result that matters. If you put the effort in, you can get a dull knife to split hair using a cinderblock, a brick and your belt. Stock removed is stock removed.
 
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