Sharpening LMF advice needed

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OK, here's my problem.

I'm trying to put a nice edge on my Gerber LMF. For those unfamiliar, its a 6" clip point fixed blade.

Here's the problem. With my Lansky Deluxe sharpener I can get a nice edge from the belly to the guard.

If you're familiar with the Lansky system, you have to move the stone/rod-guide on long blades. And, because of the false edge atop the LMF's blade, there's nowhere for the stone/rod-guide mechanism to fasten to for sharpening from belly to blade tip! I've been pondering this for a half a day...with no brainstorms yet.

Any and all suggestions/advice appreciated.

Ron (guncollector)
 
yep I know the problem.

Which is also why i don't like lansky's. That and the odd shining edge off ourse.

I had to pratice a lot, but now I sharpen stuff on my grinder (small home model made mostly for wood). That and a light buffer will put a razor edge on almost anything.

You can also use a big benchstone free hand.

Anyway there are alternatives to a lansky, which is good but not suitable for everything.

greetz, bart.
 
Try the Spyderco Sharpmaker. If you don't have to reprofile the edge then it should do a fine job.
 
Bart & Kutch:

Thanks for the input.

Bart-

I see I'm not the only one. Part of me was fearing an "obvious" solution for fear of looking stupid (which, trust me, I don't need any additional help with).

Kutch:

I first tried the Sharpmaker, but I do need to reprofile the edge. So the Sharpmaker does not remove enough metal.

OK. Looks like I'm going to have to try an benchmounted stone or an EdgePro...

Ron (guncollector)
 
If you can use a Sharpmaker to finish the edge, just reprofile it by hand with the coarse Lansky hone. You don't need a high degree of precision for shaping.

-Cliff
 
6-Month Follow-Up Report

Well, after months of trying different methods...I just up-and-had-it with screwing with this Gerber LMF. The knife came from the factory with a ridiculously dull, ax-type, edge-bevel. I don't know what type of mystery steel (stainless?) Gerber used (anybody know?, internet research proved futile), but sharpening it was a losing battle, and you could swear it was 61 RC or higher.

When I went down to a local Professional Chef/Cutlery Shop to get a new electric tea kettle, I brought the LMF in for a regrind/reshape of the entire edge bevel.

I struck up a convo with the store owner (nice guy, a knife sharpener for 15 years, though not really a "knife nut"), and asked him to do an asymmetric. He obviously knew all about knife grinds & edge geometries--and said "no problem". I came back 2 days later and he had done a nice job on my LMF, and even said he understood the benefits of asymmetric.

But, he said he'd have to charge me double because of the "extra materials" (read = belts) he had to use sharpening the LMF. He said it was fun and a nice challenge to sharpen something other than kitchen & sushi blades.
 
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