Sharpening your Buck knife

[mnblade]

Does anyone actually use <a href="http://www.buckknives.com/Pages/sharpening.html">this method</a> of sharpening?

 

[Steve B.]

Sometimes, but not often. I generally use my Sharpmaker. Before I got the sharpmaker, I always did them like that.

 

[Joe Houser]

I usually just ask one of the guys to sharpen mine. I save a mint on bandages that way. If no one is available, i use a lansky sharpener. It works very nice.


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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123

 

[Warhawk]

I have sharpened with a stone but usually use my Eze-Lap diamond rod. Just use whatever you feel comfortable with and produces the results you want. Some like the Lansky, some the Spiderco, and some just like the good old Arkansas stones. They all work, and they all will put a good edge on your blades. I just like the Eze-Lap because I've been using one for the past 20 years and it does work for me.


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Dave Fortman

~Buck Collectors Club~
~Lifetime Member #736~

 

[Jeff Clark]

I don't generally use the circular motion unless I am using a Japanese water stone. I have often sharpened Buck knives (primarily 110's) using a bench stone. Knives that don't have the edge 2000 bevel are first reprofiled with a lot of back-and-forth strokes on a coarse bench hone. I work about 50 strokes per side until I start to get a burr. Then I do about 10 strokes per side for a few cycles. Then I do 5's, 3's, and ones. At this point I switch to a medium-fine hone and elevate the blade to about 30 degrees and lightly do alternate sides for about 6 cycles, to eliminate any trace of a burr. Then I reduce my honing angle to about 15 degrees and do alternate sides till I remove all traces of my 30 degree work. At this point I switch to medium-fine ceramic rods at 19 degrees for a few strokes and extra-fine for a few strokes. My last 6 cycles are very light against the extra-fine rods at about 23 degree angle.