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Maverick4546

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Hi all.

Been playing around with sharpeners for a while and thought I would share what I have achieved with my Dads 882 which is now mine as he bought a 889.

It did get very dull.. would not scrape skin and when you attempted to cut a piece of paper it just ripped it and did not cut anything.


So here is what I did..

Used my Lansky Deluxe and made a edge using the 20 degree angle using course then medium stones.

After that I put a 25 bevel on the edge using the same stones. The edge became sharp but not razor sharp.

Then using a old belt which I screwed into a piece of wood stropped the blade. It was ok but not perfect. In the UK its really hard to get honing compound so I used standard metal polish called Brasso. I put some on the belt and then stropped away for a few mins each side.

All I can say is wow!

I was able to push cut the 10mm thick leather belt very very easily. Also I did the forearm test and it was shaving sharp. It also cut a single strand of hair that I held in my fingers. Damn thing is like a scalpel now.

I did the same thing to my 110FG and the only difference was that I used a small piece of cloth on the blade to stop the lansky clamp from scratching it.

Now to you guys this may not seem like a major breakthrough... but I considered myself to be SHARPENING CHALLENGED.

I have a set of Lansky Croc sticks and they are good for touch up work. But the 882 and the 110 is stupidly sharp now. With a nice polished edge that is smooth to touch but evil sharp :D :D :D :D

May be some help to someone
 
It's a great feeling, knowing you can make your knives very sharp
with the tools at your command.

Good old Lansky + stropping on a leather belt...

A combination that simply works (& works simply).
 
Yeah I agree,,, what make the final edge was the metal polish soaked into the leather... stropped with that for a few mins either side and damn it was sharp. I would honestly say sharper than it cam out of the box

The crock sticks will be used for touch ups now..
 
Hey Maverick4546....

Glad you found the right sharpening system for yourself. rifon2 is correct, it's a great feeling to be able to put a sharp edge on a knife.

Thanks for sharing with us.
:)
 
Mav,

How did you strop? With light strokes are with firm strokes? What angle did you strop at? Are your angles inclusive or per each side?
 
Matt321

angles are inclusive. well AFAIK the angles on the Lansky are inc.

roughly a 20deg light stroke across the leather strop.

HTH
 
Ya know...I was gonna make some crack about Brasso and Mike polishing a lot of bells in the Navy.
Then I remembered I promised to be nice and not a jerk on the forum. So, I'm glad I didn't.

When I was a kid... back about the age when I was my dad's tv remote ('hey, get up and change the channel.')...I used to use a washita stone. does anyone still sharpen the old skool way?
 
Buckaholic said:
I used to use a washita stone. does anyone still sharpen the old skool way?
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I tried... and to be honest failed. The Croc sticks where way better and I got better results that I ever got with any stone. Now the Lansky Deluxe is way better that that.

Sharpened the 882 - 110 and touched up my Tempest last night..now they are shaving razor sharp :)
 
I keep a Washita stone in my brief case for urgent need but I use a Gatco sharpener, which works just like a Lansky if I am going to do more than just a little touch up.
 
I still have the Buck Sharpening kit from when I bought my first Buck knives. Came with an Arkansas and Wachita stone in a plastic case with Honing oil.

I still use them sometimes, but use my Spyderco Sharpmaker more.

Peter
 
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