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I have a Buck Mentor that I want to sharpen up. Unfortunately I can't seem to do it right, in fact the damn knife ends up blunter than when I started.
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I have a fine grade (flat) sharpening stone, something with diamonds embedded in nickel. I presume I am using the wrong angle, but would be glad to hear the correct procedure for sharpening it. Also any hints on sharpening a partially serrated folder.
 
Sharpening free-hand with a bench stone is perhaps the hardest sharpening technique to master.

You'd be better off buying a jig type (Lansky, Gatco, DMT) or V-crock stick (Spyderco 204) for starters until you learn the tricks, then go for free hand.

Use the search engines in the general forum for opinions on sharpeners. See also the Joe Talmadge sharpenign FAQ.
 
Let's see… where do I start… First off, the most helpful tip that I can give you for sharpening freehand on a stone is practice makes perfect. Some guys like to use permanent marker along the edge bevel prior to taking a pass on the stone. This allows you to see if you are properly matching the angle of the bevel. Other sharpeners such as the Spyderco sharpmaker and the Lansky crockstick work well and the learning curve is practically none. You might also want to search for "sharpening" in the general forum and check out BFC's FAQ. I hope this is some help.

By the way, welcome to the forums!


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Buck Collectors Club Member #1058
 
Looks like you beat me to that one while I was typing rdangerer!

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Buck Collectors Club Member #1058
 
In beginning your knife sharpening efforts you might find a great deal of information and practical help at the following website:

Steve's Knife Sharpening Site
http://www.ameritech.net/users/knives/index.htm

You should find the first three chapters of use. He provides a quite lucid review of the various knife sharpening systems including photographs as well as useful annecdotal commentary on the process and the measures that he has found to be most successful for him.

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Wray Harrison
Buck Collectors Club
Life Member #1440
 
Steve's knifesharpening site is great.

He talks about the feel you get when you practice on a stone. I do not have the patience to get a shaving edge on a stone but I can put a good field edge (or kitchen use) in just a few minutes using a med grit diamond stone. I have a DMT stone about 8" long I keep in the kitchen.

You start with a solid bevel and as you slice into the stone you can feel if you are grabbing with the edge or with the top corner of the bevel and react accordingly. I like stones for the field because the lack of moving extra parts.

But steve's site was really cool and right on information.

And welcome to the forums. Glad you made a foray into the Buck forum...

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CJ Buck
Buck Knives, Inc.
AKTI Member #PR00003


 
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