Sharpmaker suggestion

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Pardon me if this has been suggested in the past... After watching Dexter use a steel the other day to align the edge on a knife, I had a thought. What if instead of using brass rods to protect your fingers while using the Sharpmaker, Spyderco used steel rods. Once you were done sharpening, you could remove the stones and insert the steel rods into pre-drilled/pre-angled holes that are at the base of the stone's holes. You'd then have a sharpener and a steel all in one package.

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Kelly

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I can think of two possible reasons. One, the brass protective rods are a soft metal so if slip and the knife hits the rod, most of the damage is taken by the rod and not your knife. I would think that the steel used in "Knife Steels" is very hard, harder than the knife blades they align.

The other reason may be that in the interest in safety they advise that the protective rods be in use when sharpening. If your using them to steel your blade and you slip up or some such then ...ouch.
 
Great idea, Kelly. Maybe they should include 2 sets of rods - the regular brass ones for sharpening and then supply the steeling rods which will replace the brass ones after you finish sharpening so you can align the edge.

How about it, Sal?
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Dexter Ewing
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Dex - I've been using John Juranich's "Razor Edge" steels. I remove them from the folding handle and lay them in the groove of the triangle. Then sharpen as normal, but on the steels.

They are very well made, and work well. No sense in both of us manufacturing the same thing. They might even sell them without the holder, but you'd have to contact them to find out. If you do, say "hello" for me and let me know there thoughts.

sal
 
Just to add to Beams reply: because the brass rods are softer than steel, any knife blade that slips off the stones will "bite" easily to prevent any further possible slippage.

L8r,
Nakano
 
Beam & Nakano are correct. We were very careful in the guard selection to avoid hurting the edge of the knife and stop the knife from sliding or moving.

Both Gail and I have scars from using "V" sharpeners without guards. That is why we created the guard concept for the original Louis Graves "Crock Stick".

sal
 
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