Hey guys, I know this has been asked/brought up before, but I'm having trouble sharpening my SAK on my sharpmaker. I can get my skyline hair shaving sharp, and my other SAK barely shaving sharp, and this one not at all. I know it's because I'm not using the right angle, but I was wondering how to do this. Not 40 or 30, I tried both. Tried eyeballing it and it did nothing. How clan I fix this? How long would it take to rebevel it with just the medium stones? Thanks in advance guys. Very frustrating because I like my knives shaving sharp.
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sharpening troubles
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The rebeveling time, probably a half hour.
I use a different method than the one in the manual. I use the "jankerson" method. Also a member here, "Ankerson".
Stick to one side for a while. I do 50 times left, then 50 times right. On the flat sides. And then turn to the edges and do about 5 each side. Just to clean it up a bit. On the 40 degree slots.
Make. Sure. You. Are. Straight. Keep the knife straight up and down. Consistency is key with sharpening.
I sharpened my Native 5 like this. Spent an hour. Not only will it shave, but it whittled hair.
And all I used are the stones that came with it.
I use a different method than the one in the manual. I use the "jankerson" method. Also a member here, "Ankerson".
Stick to one side for a while. I do 50 times left, then 50 times right. On the flat sides. And then turn to the edges and do about 5 each side. Just to clean it up a bit. On the 40 degree slots.
Make. Sure. You. Are. Straight. Keep the knife straight up and down. Consistency is key with sharpening.
I sharpened my Native 5 like this. Spent an hour. Not only will it shave, but it whittled hair.
And all I used are the stones that came with it.
If a native 5 took him an hour to reprofile I would expect a SAK to take a lot less time the steel is a lot softer.
For just touching up the edges you can make sure you hitting the stone properly by using a sharpie and marking up the bevel and checking where you remove the sharpie. If it's off you can prop up the sharpmaker or manually adjust the angle you use in your hand.
For just touching up the edges you can make sure you hitting the stone properly by using a sharpie and marking up the bevel and checking where you remove the sharpie. If it's off you can prop up the sharpmaker or manually adjust the angle you use in your hand.
Their also pretty dang quick to reprofile on those cheap $6 silicon carbide norton economy stones you can pick up at home improvement stores. Usually takes me a few minutes to reprofile one which I have done several times already. A Victorinox paring knife is my practice sharpening knife.
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Always keep pressure as light as possible, and make it even lighter as you get closer to finishing. I imagine just 'brushing dust from the rods' with the blade's edge, as a means to keep pressure very light. This is important with all knives, but more so with the rather soft steel in SAK blades. It's very easy to roll or damage the fine edge by exerting pressure that's too heavy.
David