Sharpening Your Becker

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Snow Walker

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I'm sure with all the use and abuse associated with Beckers, there's plenty of sharpening going on. What system do you use to sharpen your Becker? Do you have a different system for field sharpening vs shop sharpening?

I'm old school...I've got a sharpening stone, the bottom of a coffee cup, and whatever I can find for a strop. May have to upgrade eventually...:rolleyes:
 
I use a Spyderco Sharpmaker. Works well enough for me. Diamond rods are a must have!! The Sharpmaker is a nice lazy way to sharpen and I’ll always recommend it.
For large knives I’ll sharpen at 40 degrees inclusive. For belt and necker knives I like the edge at 30 degrees for more slicey-slicey.

I learned to sharpen on a med/fine stone and always had great results. Everyone should be able to sharpen their knife on a stone before going to a sharpening “system”.

For hair popping convex edges I’ve used my Harbor Freight 1x30 belt sander with a slightly slacked belt and no platen to basically remove the shoulder of the edge. You can then do the ‘ol mouse pad and sandpaper trick and work up through finer grits to obtain that legendary nasty-sharp edge that’ll scare the hair right off your arm! Haha. I’ve had tremendous results with this method.
 
Snow Walker said:
I'm sure with all the use and abuse associated with Beckers, there's plenty of sharpening going on. What system do you use to sharpen your Becker? Do you have a different system for field sharpening vs shop sharpening?

I'm old school...I've got a sharpening stone, the bottom of a coffee cup, and whatever I can find for a strop. May have to upgrade eventually...:rolleyes:
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See this thread :)
And feel free to ad your experiences and pics.
 
Jonny1280 said:
I use a Spyderco Sharpmaker. Works well enough for me. Diamond rods are a must have!! The Sharpmaker is a nice lazy way to sharpen and I’ll always recommend it.
For large knives I’ll sharpen at 40 degrees inclusive. For belt and necker knives I like the edge at 30 degrees for more slicey-slicey.

I learned to sharpen on a med/fine stone and always had great results. Everyone should be able to sharpen their knife on a stone before going to a sharpening “system”.

For hair popping convex edges I’ve used my Harbor Freight 1x30 belt sander with a slightly slacked belt and no platen to basically remove the shoulder of the edge. You can then do the ‘ol mouse pad and sandpaper trick and work up through finer grits to obtain that legendary nasty-sharp edge that’ll scare the hair right off your arm! Haha. I’ve had tremendous results with this method.
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This is right on point. I started off with a carborundum stone and got the hang of that and then moved to the harbor freight 1x30 belt sander. Now I rough in my convex with my big belt grinder and finish off on Japanese water stones
 
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