Sharpmaker questions?

adinb114

adinb114

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Can you effectively reprofile an edge with a spydy sharpmaker? And what are your thoughts in general about this system compared to others, like lanskys, and benchstones? Im planning on picking one up.
Thanks.
 
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Yep, as long as you have some patience, the steel isn't very hard (hard d2 and above, I'd say), or the amount of steel to be removed isn't too bad. It's much faster with the additional diamond stones, though. I actually use a DMT stone to do a rough reprofile, then smooth it out with a Sharpmaker, which makes it much quicker.

Someone in the Spyderco forums dubbed it the Sharpkeeper, which is a well suited name. It can reprofile, but it's more suited to keeping a knife sharp.
 
i have a sharpmaker with the diamond rods and it took me a couple hours each reprofiling to 15 degrees. spydercos vg10, benchmades 154cm and charles may d2. i cant imagine just using the medium rods provided. it would take days
 
Should i order the Ultrafine stones, to accompany the medium and fines?
Ill stick with the lansky for reprofiling.
 
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Yes, you can. I did it with the medium stones on s30v and it took quite some time. With diamond rods, it went quickly.
 
armstrong*skier said:
i have a sharpmaker with the diamond rods and it took me a couple hours each reprofiling to 15 degrees. spydercos vg10, benchmades 154cm and charles may d2. i cant imagine just using the medium rods provided. it would take days
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I just finished taking the factory edge on a Spyderco Ladybug 3 with VG-10 to 30 degrees. It took me close to two hours. I took it from the diamond rods through the ultra fine but most of this time was spent using the diamond rods and a Sharpie. I wouldn't have had the patience to do it with only the medium and fine rods provided with the Sharpmaker.
 
Yes, I have all the rods available but I prefer wrapping coarser sandpaper around the rods for reprofiling. The UF rods are worth the trouble is you're looking for that extra sharpness.
 
Short answer: No


If you don't want to do any freehand work, I'd look into a DMT aligner. Otherwise you'll be at it for hours. However learning to freehand can be fun and relaxing. in fact, i've got an aligner i never use, since i freehand everything now.
 
You can reprofile with basic set, but this will take forever. Diamond stones will help. As less expensive and faster alternative many people either wrapping coarse sandpaper or leaning coarse stones (DMT is one of popular options) against the rod.
For many years I use Congress stones. They are inexpensive and comes is very coarse grits, which is speed-up process a lot. I can certainly recommend them.
This is discussion about them. Congress makes triangular stones as well, but I wouldn't recommend them due to variation in size, so the angle will not correspond to sharpmaker's rods. instead use pairs flats (Rectangular) 1 x 1/8 x 6", just lean against rods and clamp with binder clip. My favorites are Ruby and Moldmaster. They are about $3 a piece, so for $20 you can get three pairs of different grits.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=444326


jerrykemic99 said:
I don't know how to be a shapmaker,Is there anyone can help me about this?
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sharpmaker is sharpening tool made by Spyderco. It is a good stuff. Easy to learn and use
 
adinb114 said:
Should i order the Ultrafine stones, to accompany the medium and fines?
Ill stick with the lansky for reprofiling.
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I have never felt the need for the ultra fine rods. I can get a knife shaving sharp with the brown and white rods.
 
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reprofiling on a sharpmaker made easy
 
bh49 said:
You can reprofile with basic set, but this will take forever. Diamond stones will help. As less expensive and faster alternative many people either wrapping coarse sandpaper or leaning coarse stones (DMT is one of popular options) against the rod.
For many years I use Congress stones. They are inexpensive and comes is very coarse grits, which is speed-up process a lot. I can certainly recommend them.
This is discussion about them. Congress makes triangular stones as well, but I wouldn't recommend them due to variation in size, so the angle will not correspond to sharpmaker's rods. instead use pairs flats (Rectangular) 1 x 1/8 x 6", just lean against rods and clamp with binder clip. My favorites are Ruby and Moldmaster. They are about $3 a piece, so for $20 you can get three pairs of different grits.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=444326


sharpmaker is sharpening tool made by Spyderco. It is a good stuff. Easy to learn and use
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I agree with everything bh49 said. I don't recommend significant reprofiling with the basic Sharpmaker stones.
I have a set of DMT stones that I use for reprofiling, but the Congress stones or the sandpaper will also work.
 
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