Sharpening knives (Help Needed)

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Wallin

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I would like to say hello to everyone, and I will be pleased to meet you all!
Since I am new here, I hope I am not posting this the wrong place, and if I do end up breaking any rules, please do tell me if I post something the wrong place, I promise to be a quick learner.

Now down to business, I have many knives and some of them where quite expensive and I am very fond of them.
Some with beautiful ingravements, others with flawless stainless steel look.

Know, with all my other knives and axes, I like to keep them sharp as a razor, because I don't worry about scraping them and such. But I have these few knives, that aren't as sharp from the factory as I would want them.
And my first question would be if anyone can tell me of a very effective way to sharpen these knives, without damaging the sides? Even if it takes a lot of work, I am willing to do it.

Can't wait to hear from you!

-Wallin
 
Get either a Wicked Edge or Edge Pro guided sharpener. When using low grit stone (320 or lower), just remember to wash/clean off loose abrasives often, which help minimize chances of scratches above the bevel shoulder. Put in a lot of practice on cheapy knives first then slowly step up to better knives.
 
Technically, any sharpener is capable of doing that, the question is how much practice is needed.

I believe the Sharpmaker ought to be the most foolproof method. Just clamp on 60 grit sandpaper on the rods with small binder clips if you need to do heavy sharpening.
 
Wauw thank you so much guys, I've been wondering this for ages about this, and having expensive, BEAUTIFUL knives lying around that aren't sharp enough for me to shave with, when they're made out of 440 Stainless steel.
I'm so happy I joined this forum! You'll definitely be seeing more to me in the future!

One more question, how do I work with angles and width of the edges? I only know how to sharp old fashion, you know, grindstone and a steady hand
 
If you know how to sharpen old fashion way, and not wanting to ruin the beauty finish, then I second bluntcut's recommendation to get a guided system.

However, if you have other knives to practice, improving your free steady hand skill will be good. There's lot of information here: checkout the sticky started by Magnanimous, and his other thread (not stickied): www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/963298
These two will lead you to many other threads & videos that'll be useful.

Especially hunt post/thread by these user: knifenut1013, bluntcut, HeavyHanded, Obsessed With Edge, David Martin, jackknife, unit. These are those I remember offhand (no offense to other experts that I miss out). DownhillTrucker thread is a good reminder on simple way to sharpen
 
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