sharpening methods and angles...

numberthree

numberthree

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What does everyone use to sharpen? I use a 2 sided diamond plate from Ragweed Forge, and it'll put a very nice shaving edge on any of my knives.

Anyone thin down the edge on their Beckers?
 
I use a few methods; smith guided, a medium arkansas stone, and a ceramic hone.

I thinned the edge down on my BK14 after I saw how well my Esee3 cut with that geometry.

I want to try a convex on the 14 like in the Virtuovice video from a day or two ago.
 
numberthree said:
Anyone thin down the edge on their Beckers?
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I have a Camillus Brute with a thinned edge. I bought it from Bill Siegle, who did the reprofile. It chops heads and above the other Brutes I've tried. I'm thinking of trying the same thing with my Machax.
 
numberthree said:
What does everyone use to sharpen? I use a 2 sided diamond plate from Ragweed Forge, and it'll put a very nice shaving edge on any of my knives.

Anyone thin down the edge on their Beckers?
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I use a Lansky, have for a very long time. They are cheap, work very well.

I always change my angles when I get a knife. The factory edge is the first to go. I MAY sometimes use the factory edge, but its rare. Once I get it to the degrees I want, polished (shorter blades) or toothy (longer blades), I just keep it working. I find sharpening and edging a knife to be a personal, relaxing, and pride building skill to have. If you own a knife, you need to learn how to sharpen it, then, learn how you like it sharpened. Feel free to experiment, and don't be scared, it take some time and some mistakes to figure it out.

Moose
 
I prefer to convex and polish mine. The cutting efficiency is greatly increased by taking the "shoulders" off the secondary bevel.
I re-profile them so there is one shallow convex from spine to edge and then polish the flats down to 9 micron.

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Here is a close-up of the Bk7 showing the polished flats down to the termination of the edge.

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I have a number of sharpeners; DMT Deluxe Aligner with a Recurve 'stone', DMT Pocket Sharpener for field touch ups, HP triangle diamond rod, some whetstones, leather strops and lots of sc paper. I enjoy sharpening knives, guided or free hand.
 
Md 25v said:
I prefer to convex and polish mine. The cutting efficiency is greatly increased by taking the "shoulders" off the secondary bevel.
I re-profile them so there is one shallow convex from spine to edge and then polish the flats down to 9 micron.

gutcord011.jpg


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Here is a close-up of the Bk7 showing the polished flats down to the termination of the edge.

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I love how you did that....

Thanks now I need a bk7....
I hate you!
 
I don't sharpen my knives I just mess with them until they are not so dull.
Lansky.
 
I had to reprofile my two bk11's due to a pretty uneven grind from the factory. Now they're probably close to 30 degrees with a 40 degree microbevel. By bk9 came with roughly a 40 degree edge, which I kept, though it was a bit of a pain to sharpen, as 40 is the widest my sharpmaker goes. I had to trim down the tip of the bk9 pretty heavily to get it to 40 degrees. I used a sharpmaker and cheap norton stone.
 
I freehand my BK2 and neckers on a diamond stone and use wet/dry sandpaper on my BK9. Sometimes, I just use the sandpaper for all of them - that's such an easy and effective method, I can't believe it took me so many years to hear about and try it.

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Beckerhead #42
 
I have a Work Sharp Knife and Tool Sharpener, which can put a '2 back in usably sharp condition in seconds. Also have an eze lap diamond home on walnut, A Smiths 2 sided diamond home, A Lansky retractable diamond rod (still learning that one).

Interested about learning more about the wet/dry sandpaper...the grit and the method. Thanks!
 
I usually touch up my EDC knives (BK14 and SAK) with a piece of 1000grit sandpaper and a plain old leather belt. Simple and cheap, and an easy way to get all three blades on both knives very sharp. I don't really need a hair whittling edge on my everyday users. Being able to shave a few hairs off or open an envelope by push-cutting the side off is probably unneccessary, but a nice feature to have :D
 
C_Tanner said:
I have a Work Sharp Knife and Tool Sharpener, which can put a '2 back in usably sharp condition in seconds. Also have an eze lap diamond home on walnut, A Smiths 2 sided diamond home, A Lansky retractable diamond rod (still learning that one).

Interested about learning more about the wet/dry sandpaper...the grit and the method. Thanks!
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I'm just using 400 and 600 grit wet dry sand paper. You can put the paper on a hard surface and strop the blade across it carefully if you want to keep a specific angle or on leather / mouse pad / etc. if you want to do something more adventurous like convex the edge. It's cheap and easy. :D

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Beckerhead #42
 
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