Sharpening JSP

[Fenris]

Any tips for sharpening a JSP blade? Not major resharpening, it shaves hair well, just need to do some parts of the edge. I own a Spyderco sharpmaker and proedge.

Thanks,

Jason Yang

 

[Don Rearic]

Lay the flat part of the white Spyderco ceramic on the bevel...and go very slowly...painfully easy and slow. Those ceramics cut more steel, and cut it faster than you might imagine...just brush it with the stone flat on the bevel, the bevel is the guide.

 

[Ronald Reagan]

I use my Spyderco Sharpmaker to sharpen my JSP blades and I do it exactly the same as with all my other knives. There was no reason for me to lay the bevel flat against the stone which is a relief since I can't bring myself to scratch up the surface of a $900 knife!

Jason, just stroke the JSP down the ceramic sticks like you would a blade with a secondary bevel. I just sharpened my Defcon 4 the other night and it is now sharper than the factory edge.

 

[Don Rearic]

Sharpening it that way is actually creating a hybrid edge...sharper? Woo Weee, I am in no way calling you a liar dude, but I have to see that, that would be amazing!

 

[Ronald Reagan]

OK....maybe I am lying, just a little bit

But it's still sharp as hell!

 

[Fenris]

Does the bevel go right to the edge on the blade? If I can use it as a guide I'll do it that way.

Jason

 

[Cougar Allen]

I usually sharpen puukko grinds that way -- creating a tiny secondary bevel -- a number of times before I regrind the primary bevel. I don't ever let a blade get very dull -- my rule is to sharpen when convenient or when parts of the edge no longer shave well, whichever comes first. As long as it isn't severely dulled, all it takes is a few swipes on a tripoli-charged strop. Then when that's no longer enough to restore it, a few swipes on a fine hone and then strop. You can do that a number of times before there's enough of a secondary bevel to make any noticeable difference in cutting. A puukko grind with a secondary bevel that's barely visible to the naked eye cuts very much like a puukko grind with no secondary bevel.

The beauty of that is you can restore an incredibly keen edge in no time at all -- half the reason puukko grinds are so cool.

-Cougar Allen :{)