Sharpening the Carnivour

[Coronach]

Is there enough recurve in the blade to be concerned about recurve sharpening techniques, or will standard sharpening suffice?

Thanks,
Mike

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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein

 

[Coronach]

BTTT. ONE of you guys has to have resharpened this beast already...

Mike

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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein

 

[HankS]

Wow, what timing! I just got mine "hair poppin'" sharp yesterday. I've been going back and forth between a Lansky system and a Sharpmaker from Spyderco. The Spyderco works fine for me when I'm doing touch ups, but I haven't gotten it down to where it's as good as I can with the Lansky. It's gotta be me, since most everyone here raves about the Sharpmaker. I'll get it down. Now, with the recurve, I set up the clamp of the Lansky about 1/2 inch back from the blade edge, in the middle of the blade, and sharpen it at the 30 degree angle. I didn't use any special techniques. I had to reprofile it a bit, so I used an extra coarse diamond stone first. Once I had a slight burr running the entire edge, I switched sides, repeated till I got the burr down the entire edge, then moved on. The rest of my Lansky set are the regular or deluxe set of stones. I finish up polishing the edge with the extra fine stone, and it really came out nice this time. I have the regular carnivore, not the cub, I gave that one to my son. He likes the blade edge a little coarser, so he stops with the medium stones, leaving the micro serrations for better slicing. I think this one slices pretty good!. Even the tip came out good this time. I don't use the oil with any of these stones, either. I keep trying to let the stones do the work as well, only applying slight pressure to the stone when sharpening, and using a very light and quick motion when doing the polishing with the extra fine stone. Joe Talmadge's FAQ's on sharpening are excellent on the techniques envolved, I'll let you know what it's like sharpening my Sifu when it arrives!

I'll probably get two things eventually. First, a big DMT diamond extra coarse stone for reprofiling. The Lansky's last ok, but I'm on my second one already. My son and I went on a reprofiling rampage a while ago, and it took its toll! The second would be to get one of the Edge Pro sets. I like the way you can fine tune the angles with it, instead of the preset ones with the Lansky. Hope this helps.

Hank

[This message has been edited by HankS (edited 10-23-2000).]

 

[Coronach]

Ahhhh....

Cool. thanks for the reply. I, too, have a Lansky, and I have been working for a while at reprofiling the blade with minimal success. I was uncertain if this was attributable to my technique or these facts: 1. I'm trying to take the edge down to 20 degrees and 2. the blade is made of Talonite.

Sounds like I'm doing it right, I just haven't done it enough yet

Thanks again,
Mike


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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein

 

[dogboye]

Originally posted by Coronach:
.....I was uncertain if this was attributable to my technique or these facts: ......2. the blade is made of Talonite.

bastid

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[Coronach]

If you only knew how much grinding and scraping I have been doing to remove the 'excess' talonite during reprofiling, you would know that I am really paying for getting a talonite blade...

Mike

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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein

 

[HankS]

You know, Coronach, if it ever gets to be too tough to maintain, you could relieve yourself of the pain by just letting that knife come my way!

Hank