Sharpening - help - I'm new

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Melissa_2006

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Hi all,

I have just bought Gerber LMF II and I'm very happy with the sharpness edge from the factory (hair shaving sharpness). However, I did a field testing by cuting and shaping a brance to make like a spear point. I'm not sure that this knives is top of the range or not but after doing the field test, I find out that the edge is abit blunt.

How do i sharpen the knive? what's a good sharpening tool to have and to use? I have no experince with sharpening a knive.

Any help is very much appreciated.

regards,
Melissa
 
A Spyderco Sharpmaker is a good sharpener for beginners. It comes with a video cassette so you can see what/what not to do. Welcome to the forums.
 
The gerber LMF II should come with a sheath that has a built in sharpener, you have to take off a small velcro backed patch close to the center of the sheath. you should be able to run the blade through the sheath a few times and it will be pretty sharp again. not quite as good as hand sharpening though.
 
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If I'm not mistaken, all LMF II's are partially serrated, so the Sharpmaker would be my recommendation since it can sharpen the entire blade. The 12C27 steel in your Gerber should take a very fine edge with little trouble. You may find that the edge holds up better than it did after a few sharpenings, too.
 
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