sharpening false edge

[pst pjc]

I don't have a grinder or any "special" equipment. What would you sugest I use to grind a sharp edge out of a false edge so that it can be sharpened by a sharpmaker?

 

[Gatekeeper]

A coarse DMT flat steel and some patience.

 

[ExamonLyf]

-Heavy-..on the patience !



"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"

 

[Ken Cook]

If you want a method that requires a lot less patience and a little more skill and attention to detail, go buy yourself a new Nicholson Flat Mill File and work the edge down with that. After you've got your edge, then just dress it with a medium Arkansas stone and finish with a Fine. Strop if desired. I've used this method on USMC Ka-bars many times to good results. Takes about half an hour if you've got the "hand" for it.


You'll have a wicked sharp false edge in no time.

 

[cerulean]

You could use a Dremel to get to the basic shape, then finish with a file and/or a rough stone. If you don't have a Dremel, then get one! They're a lot of fun and very usefull.

 

[Gollnick]

A quick technical point of terminology:

The unsharpened suggestion of an edge you have now is known as a "swedge". If you sharpen it, the it will become a "false edge." Yes, that's right, a "false edge" is sharp. It's called "false" because it doesn't run the full length of the blade.

 

[Strider]

Swedges are smaller and run around an inch or so as in swedges on pocketknife blades. False edge is a false edge regardless of whether sharpened or not and runs farther back on the blade as in say a chute knife.
Bob

 

[DancesWithKnives]

If you don't get the file, DMT makes an EXTRA course that will require slightly less patience.