sharpmaker sticks

[Angelus1781]

So when I buy a new sharpmaker, should I rub the stones together before I start using it? I saw that in the video and some suggestions on here. What do you all think?

Also thinking about dropping this all recurve 630 thing, and picking up a Chinook II. Always loved that one.

 

[KeithAM]

I rubbed the brown ones together -- isn't that in the video?

Don't give up on recurves. A couple of weeks ago I reprofiled my BM 710HS with my Sharpmaker. It took a LONG time, but the corners of the stones work perfectly on the recurve portion. I put a 30 degree bevel on it, and finished with a few strokes on the fine followed by several more on the ultra fine. Worked great.

 

[Senate]

yep, rubbing the stone together (both brown and white BTW) will broke them in faster, very recommended.

 

[daverave999]

I rubbed the corners together on mine and it seemed to make them work far better almost instantly. I don't really think you'll lose anything from trying it tbh.