Sharpening longish blades with your Lansky

[bailes]

G'day all,

I have a Lansky sharpening system and am not sure how to go about sharpening longer blades! Do I:

a) Try and move the stone across the blade slower back and forth while faster left to right to do the whole stroke in one go?; or
b) "Break" the blade into as many different areas as need be and mark the edge with a marker?

Cheers,

Dan

 

[the_mac]

Cover about a 2-3" section with one stroke of the stone, and then move the stone down, and cover the next 2-3" section on the next stroke. You're not making stiff boundaries between sections, you're just covering the blade from one end to the other in small increments. Then you go back to the beginning of the blade, and run through another pass.

After you get it worked out, switch to 4-5" strokes (more lateral motion) to smooth out the edge. Then move to the next finer stone, and repeat the process.

So: 2-3" strokes to grind off material, then 4-5" strokes to smooth the edge, then next stone.