Sharpening D2

[jazzrabbi]

I've got a few Queen slipjoints in D2. What do people use to sharpen these things? I have ceramic crock sticks that work wonders on carbon steel but not on D2. Do need to go DMT?

Stan

 

[Medic1210]

Your ceramic rods are harder than D2, any steel for that fact, so they should be able to sharpen it. It may just take longer than you are used to. If they aren't removing enough metal, then try cleaning them with some AJax or a scouring pad. They won't remove metal as fast as a diamond rod though, so if you are trying to reprofile the edge, this could take quite a while.

Mike

 

[misque]

Your Crock Sticks may very well be at the wrong angle to sharpen the Queen blades. I have one of their D-2 fixed blades and the edge angle on that sucker was about 30 degrees on each side from the factory. I had to take it out to Mr. Belt Grinder to get it down to a more manageable 20 degree angle without spending extra time on the diamond hones to get the same results.
Try to mark the very edge bevels of the blade with a black magic marker and then take them to the sticks again to see if an overly obtuse angle is the cause of the trouble your having.
Hopefully that will show you where the problem lies. If that is the case, you'll have to invest some time and effort to take that edge angle down.
Hope this helps!


All the best,
Mike U.

 

[dsvirsky]

Originally posted by misque
Your Crock Sticks may very well be at the wrong angle to sharpen the Queen blades. I have one of their D-2 fixed blades and the edge angle on that sucker was about 30 degrees on each side from the factory.

Similar experience with a Queen D2 swell center whittler. The edge bevels on the main blade were about 25 degrees on each side. Took a bit of work with a coarse/fine DMT hone to get it down to Sharpmaker angles -- then I decided I liked the edge I obtained with the fine diamond better and ended up resharpening by hand, anyway.

 

[Coonskinner]

Diamonds are definitely the way to go for reproflilng, especially a wear-resistant steel like D2. I have to reprofile the edge of almost every new knife I buy to get it where I want it.

 

[jazzrabbi]

Originally posted by Coonskinner
Diamonds are definitely the way to go for reproflilng, especially a wear-resistant steel like D2.

Yep. Time to invest in some diamonds.

The sheepsfoot blade on my Cattle King Stockman came with a decent bevel and I managed to hone it nicely with the ceramic sticks. The clip blade, on the other hand, i've not been able to do much with.

thanks,

stan