sharpening my pm2

[midmo]

So i received ved a pm2 for christmas this year and i already have a lansky. Is there a way to clamp the flat grind with the lansky clamp for sharpening?

 

[rycen]

Moved to MT&E

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Just clamp the blade flush to the inside faces of the clamp's two halves, which guarantees a lot of surface area in contact and grips the blade more securely. That means the clamp's two sides will angle inward, toward the edge of the blade; not a big deal. That's far more important than trying to keep the clamp's two halves exactly parallel to each other (advised by many, but it's a bad idea with FFG blades). Trying to keep the clamp's sides parallel, on a blade grind that isn't parallel, creates a bigger problem by minimizing the 'grip' afforded by the clamp, and that'll allow the blade to move. A blade moving in the clamp will negate all the advantages of a guided setup, and one might as well not use the clamp at all, in that event. Much better to use the clamp to keep the blade from moving, which will result in a very crisp edge.


David

 

[bdmicarta]

So i received ved a pm2 for christmas this year and i already have a lansky. Is there a way to clamp the flat grind with the lansky clamp for sharpening?

I have managed to clamp my PM2 in my DMT Aligner clamp and sharpen it. The DMT clamp is plastic and if you clamp it tightly, there is enough friction to keep the blade from moving. And actually you should not be putting a lot of force on the clamp itself. I'm not familiar with the Lansky clamp. If it won't clamp the blade tightly enough to keep it from moving due to friction, maybe you could put some kind of tape on the inside of the clamp to help with friction. The other challenge is that you have to eyeball the alignment of the blade so that it is centered between the two sides of the clamp so that the angles on both sides of the blade will be the same.